NEWSLINE, November 2010 Local 237 Member Services
Local 237 NEWSLINE HERHO OT O R D B O L F A T N E O A I M T A S T N E R R E S T N I November 2010 Vol. 44, No. 9 R AT THE NATION’S Keeping the Faith CAPITAL Bring It On: U.S. Workers Stand The Fight for Workers’ Rights In Solidarity, Hundreds of thousands of people from across the nation, including hundreds of Teamsters and Local 237’s contingent, con - verged on the National Mall Oct. 2 to rally for Call for Greater Good jobs, justice, education, equality, and other threatened progressive causes. The march, sponsored by One Nation Working Together, included more than 300 organizations: One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, unions, human rights groups, civil rights groups, environmentalists and religious With Liberty and Justice for All. groups. The mighty gathering sought to ener - gize and educate voters before Election Day. Continued on page 5 Photos by Calvin Sewer LOUIS SYKES , Superintendent SHERRY POWELL , School Safety Agent L3 Howard Consolidated, Brooklyn St. George School, Staten Island ”I had to be here. As union workers we have “I am here because of jobs and my retirement. I to make a difference.” need to make that money now so I can retire.” ZELLA KYSER FERGUSON , Supervisor of MAUREEN RENWICK , School Safety Agent Caretakers, Latimer Consolidated, Flushing Queens South Payroll, Jamaica “I need my job and my benefits to survive liv - “We need to save jobs and the union needs to keep ing in this economy. The union has done great fighting to keep members gainfully employed.
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