U.S. Labor Against the War Heads to Detroit

By Michael Eisenscher, USLAW

With the April 29 demonstration behind us, USLAW now turns its attention to the Labor Notes conference this coming weekend in Detroit. On Friday, from 4 to 6 p.m., USLAW will hold a caucus for members of its affiliated organizations and associate members who will be attending the conference. On Sunday morning, there will be a labor antiwar interest group meeting at which we'll show the documentary "Meeting Face to Face" and hear from Amjad Jawhary, North American representative of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (who is one of the six Iraqi union leaders featured in the video who toured the U.S. last June) and Samir Adil, a representative of the Iraqi Freedom Congress. The interest group meeting will be followed Sunday morning by a labor antiwar workshop presented jointly with Military Families Speak Out. In addition, USLAW Co-Convenor Nancy Wohlforth will be the keynote speaker on Saturday, and we'll have a literature table up during the conference where we will sell copies of the video.

So, USLAW will have a very high profile at the Labor Notes Conference this year and building the struggle to end the war within the labor movement will be a major focal point of the weekend.

We urge all those who plan to be at the conference to attend the Friday caucus if you arrive in time. It will provide an opportunity to discuss our participation during the weekend, sign up volunteers to staff our table, and also give us an opportunity to report on the NY demonstration, assess our work, and report on plans for a National Labor Assembly for Peace to be held in Cleveland during the first weekend of December.

See you in Detroit!

Yours in solidarity,
Michael Eisenscher
National Coordinator