Labor Against War in Ukraine Webinar

By Michael Eisenscher, et. al. - US Labor Against the War, April 7, 2022

This event is sponsored by the founders and former leaders of US Labor Against the War (USLAW), who recently reconvened in order to encourage labor support for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine. USLAW was organized in January 2003 to bring labor’s voice to the peace movement and the peace movement’s voice to labor in opposing the US invasion of Iraq. In the process we built strong ties of solidarity with the Iraqi labor movement. In the 15 years that followed, USLAW had as many as 200 affiliated unions, central labor councils and state federations and successfully initiated the passage of an historic resolution by the AFL-CIO in 2005 that for the first time stated AFL-CIO opposition to an ongoing U.S. war and called for rapid withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq.

Speakers include:

• Elise Bryant, President, Coalition of Labor Union Women (moderator)
• Phyllis Bennis, Institute of Policy Studies Bill Fletcher, Jr., trade unionist, writer, media commentator, and a past president of TransAfrica Forum
• Sara Nelson, International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA Captain
• Dennis Tajer, Commercial Airline Pilot, Allied Pilots Association member and veteran of the US Gulf War, Desert Storm in Kuwait and Iraq
• Carl Rosen, President, United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE)

The 90 minute video begins with a five minute slide show. After brief panel member presentations, the speakers respond to questions posed by participants. A Resource Bank has been created to make available copies of labor statements and resolutions, links to this video and the slide show, and other resources useful to labor activists in carrying out their labor antiwar organizing. It is available at https://bit.ly/Labor-Ukraine-webinar-.... It will be updated as new materials become available, so check back periodically.

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Disclaimer: The views expressed here are not the official position of the IWW (or even the IWW’s EUC) and do not necessarily represent the views of anyone but the author.