THIS IS GREAT DAY Cristobal Chapter. said, so silver to as on and members in not ang to the Al history with the now C.
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the Movement was no joy ride, he fight for what they want. He said. Lives were lost for it 50 This is a Great Day! Yes, United Public Workers of Ame Committee Bros. McKen mentioned also that school years ago. Meetings such as such a Great Day in the lives rica, and through this connec zie and Jimenez were duly children are already interest the very one they were privilof Workers on the Silver tion securing association with elected unopposed.
ed in the CIO and are asking edged to attend were then Roll of the Canal Zone Gov the Congress of Industrial Or Publicity Committee Cor intelligent questions about it. illegal. 100 membership ernment that the song entitled, ganizations, that liberal Cham respondent, Bro. McLean was Their parents should all show would make the job easier. 25, word for word to the opening pion of the Workers cause; declared elected in proper their interest by joining up 000 would give much better sentence of our message, can next in order comes the Me crm.
until every silver employee results than 17, 000. Hold it, fittingly be adopted as the haffey Grievance Procedure, Introduction of Regional is in 100 President Arauz have no misunderstanding what theme song of Local 713. Bro the December epoch making Director Br. Brodsky. in his greeting said that Rome will happen to you if it goes thers and sisters, today ushers Parade, the visits of Director Bro. Strobel introduced the was not built in a day. Ro smash. You can picture the in the first anniversary of of Organizations Weinstein, In new Regional Director giving man history says that on Holi consequences. Brother Strobel Local 713, UPW CIO, and to ternational Vice President Tho a brief talk on the qualifica days they killed slaves for fun. then called upon them cap the climax, the announce mas Richardson, the concerts tion of Bro. Brodsky, among We should join the fight to support Brother Brodsky in the ment is presented to you by Paul Robeson, the renaissance them his service in the Pacific repeal the Law just past by same manner he had been through the medium of AC of Accion ad infinitum cion. your own official organ Yea verily, we do have country, adding his um with the armed forces of his supporting the CIO. He called supported, for a man from the War Ve upon delinquent members to States would be helpless withfor the dissemination of news things to be thankful for, and teran experience to his Trade return and new members to out their wholehearted support.
concerning yourselves in a we should show our gratitude Union technique.
come in.
He will return some time in significant way. Can anyone by humbly taking part Bro. Brodsky was given an the future he hoped, but since truthfully say that we the Christians in the Union Mass The ovation on facing the mike. that representation Chairman remarked they had to send delegates to members of this Union do not Thanksgiving ceremonies will be the He International have much to be thankful for? Sunday 27th, thus marking in presenting the greetings of the to support President remarks by made to the Executive Board he would meet them there and opened his Convention No not one hence it is in appropriate manner, the arrival Phillip have the pleasure of shaking order that the Executive Board of Local 713 at its first mile International Office, from the Murray, offering the support hands, thousands of UPW of introducing should have recently gone on stone. Yet let us not, in ers of Local 713 in fighting for them to other Americans which and the tens of thousands of the repeal of the Taft Hart would prove to them that there record to hold Thanksgiving singing praises to the Creator, the CIO members the forget, in very devoutness of States. He extended congratu Int Services on both sides of the ley Bill He then introduced are real men, white men who Big Ditch on July 27th, ser spirit, to appeal to Him for lations also on International Vice. President are altogether their behalt Strobel as the principal speak those they have been dealing different to vice on the Pacific side to be strength not the strength for organizing on the Canal er of the evening, remarking with on the Canal Zone.
conducted at the Olympic Sta of the body, but strength of Zor Zone and for achieving what before doing so that his duty dium, and on the Atlantic side which organization, strength After Bro. Strobel had spoken, at the Colon Arena. This leads on to power. So Brothers they had within such a short in saying good bye was an un the following Resolution was period.
They had made and pleasant one, but it could not presented by Bro. Ogle, arrangement will enable and Sisters, whilst singing still were making Trade Union be avoided.
only each individual member of paens of praise He made reference to Chapter Secretary.
the Union to give thanks, but mighty, remember to ask His Brother Strobel, in the course The Resolution was adopted every worker on the Silver blessing upon the coming Drive the introduction on their be of his remarks, stated that he unanimously by standing vote.
Roll, even the non member on for 100 membership by the half of Legislation before Con had made many friends here.
gress, to the Taft Hartley Bill That he had learnt much on Pictures were taken and the the outside can join in giving coming Convention.
against Labor, to the fact that this meeting adjourned.
thanks to strategic spot the Giver of all of the Back the things, in CIO intended to Attack fight world. He had met here the keeping with his sharing equally in and was RESOLUTION benefits everything you have, for the tooth and nail for its repeal, rent Paul Roeting. He had selfish policy of the proud of this gained by the organization, power that will flow from your to the INASMUCH AS we, the offifree, gratis and for nothing.
Union consisting a member other Labor Organizations on had the opportunity of dis cers and rank and file memperiod Just to recount a few of the ship of 100 Silver Roll em the Canal Zone, to their op cussing 10 bers of the Cristobal Chapter to the blessings bestowed inclusion of days the problem of the West of Local 713 UPW CIO in meeton us ployees will make your past position First and foremost comes achievements appear as no Panamanian citizens in taking Indian and of the Panama ing assembled experience a the fact of our being able to thing. You will receive as your ticns, to the lack of discrimi eral.
the Civil Service Examina nian and of Local 713 in gen deep sense of cofidence and organize at all. Second, the reward everything Had he not come here appreciation towards Internayou nation in living up to take he would not have had this tional Vice President privilege of affiliation with the lack, and that a plenty.
these examinations (a subject great experience. He had be Strobel, and which is a most important come a better organizer and plank in the platform of the would be more valuable to WHEREAS he by his ability CIO. to grievances in gen headquarters. Congress and personality has eral, to unreasoning compla squeezing Labor. Referring (a) Successfully re opened ints of some individuals about again to the benefits he had negotiations on behalf of progress made. He stressed the derived from his stay here, Local 713 with the Canal The Cristobal Commissary nature of a gift, and in the fact that everything cannot Bro. Strobel stressed the fact Zone Government resultDivision held their first JOO words of Chairman Hassocks be measured by dollars and that he was of more service ing among other things Location Meeting since the and Sister Idalia Layne who pennies and that Trade Union to the International Office toin the establishment of Convention on Wednesday made the presentation, it was ism posed a much broader day than he had been before.
an effective Grievance evening July 9th at the Inter a small token of the high re view.
He is yet another official of Procedure and divers national Club, Colon. All the gard held for him on the part Drive for 100 membership the International who has other gains and benevarious sections or divisions of Commissary employee mem by next Convention. first hand information of Pafits: were represented. The Chair bers. Bro. Strobel replied feel You can buy equality, nama, Brother Weinstein had (b) Compiled scholarly was occupied by Bro. ingly in suitable terms. After peace and contentment of been here twice. As a result BRIEF outlining by staHassocks, Chief Steward of the both Bros. Strobel and Brodsky mind, dignity nor respect. You he could now represent them tistical data a true picMount Hope area, and the Hall had addressed the meeting, can only get these things far better before Congress than ture of the Silver Workwas crowded to standing room, Pictures were shown one of when all the Silver Emplo he could have done before. Now er economic there being several hundred the innovations introduced by yees join the Union he said. he was in a position to adplight plainly before Congress, employees, present. Organizer Local 713 for the education Sacrifices were necessary and vise on matters concerning Nicasio Garcia, who was res and recreation of its members.
the American people and ponsible for the arranging of the responsibility of Local 713 Local 713.
others in a position to was a heavy one. Your resthe meeting, acted as TransADVICE: ameliorate said condition ponsibilities though great are lator. The International Union minor ones compared to those The coming year would be BE IT RESOLVED Internawas represented by bourne by Unionists 50 years a difficult one for the Or THAT a standing vote of tional Vice President ago AND Strobel and Bro. Max Brodsky, The United Public Workers They sacrificed life and ganization. In comparison he CONFIDENCE APPREour new Regional Director. of America CIO will forever limb those days. You are call could not refer to his year as CIATION be tendered the said Elections were held for the remain firm to continue the ed upon to make sacrifices of difficult. Through the enthu International Vice. President of the membership at Strobel for MERITORIOUS and positions of Chairman of Meet fight for better working and small sums of money. He con siasm ings and Secretary. Bro. Harold living conditions for the work cluded his address by declar that time organizational work OUTSTANDING SERVICE whilst that hopeful eyes Brother Brodsky covering his difficult assignClarke was elected to the er in general. Our Union has ing job was more hard. Enthu ment to Operations Panama.
former position while Bro. just completed 12 months of turned in their direction by complaints AND BE IT FURTHER Arthur Beatty was the success. existence and with the aid of the colored people of the Unit siasm was waning ful candidate for Secretary. Divine Providence has obtained ed States and of the world; it were being made. Congress was RESOLVED The membership decided to several victories. We will ac was the responsibility of Local destroying gains made by Labor THAT a copy of this RESO713 not to let them down.
for the past ten years. It was LUTION be forwarded to the hold Meetings once a month, complish much more if we reThe next speaker was Bro. trying to destroy Labor itself. International Office at Washfixing the second Wednesday main united.
of Puerto Rico, They were not to lie back and ington together with a until further orders.
It is the duty of all civilian Romero a workers of the Army, Navy, member of the National Ma take it, but fight back. That covering letter expressive of Many problems peculiar to the Panama Canal to afiliate ritime Union He spoke in his was the way to answer Con appreciation for the high employees of the Commissaries so that we may be treated as usual and impressive gress cutting the Canal Zone standard of Representatives were deliberated at more or human beings and not as sub style referring to the fact that appropriation. It was a diffi chosen to cover this field of less length, and grievances of humans.
two of his sons had given cult job they had to face. For God sake don let go this operations.
a similar nature dealt with in It is time that we do away their lives for Democracy and instrument for your very lives.
the same way. Brother Brodsky with individual struggle for he had lived to see the Conoutlined the procedure to be ever.
gress of the United States It is the only organization you ORGANIZE followed in each case.
We must fight as brothers regardless of nationality, make laws to hurt Labor which have. They had received some An item on the Agenda that language, or color. After all had fought for benefits but needed many more Democracy the Brother their problem here is imlent color to the night pro we are fighting for a common lowed and addressing himself patience. The payment of dues UNORGANIZED ceedings was a presentation to cause and this is our only Vice President Strobel prior to chance. The money you pay go home and think of the cIo. ing the average to non members told them to was a real sacrifice considerwage was his departure. This took the (Continued on Page 8)
Was CRISTOBAL COMMISSARY HOLDS JOB LOCATION MEETING A MESSAGE were was easy.
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