Minutes of the September 10 meeting

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Minutes from September 10 meeting, 7:30, Plumbers and Pipefitters Hall.

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the Citizens Coalition to Defeat Reagan spoke.on the efforts of his group to
register and mobilize voters in an effort to deny Reagan another term. He told
us of the tremendous gains made in voter registration and in alignment of various
diverse groups toward a common goal, and expressed hopes that the friendshi
formed could remain after the election as a means of community mobi

massive door-to-door campaign is also planned for October.

Discussion followed concerning the Machinist strike at t

plant on Aurora Street in Ithaca

support for the Machinists pendin:

that support to take. A resolution w

epport and worker solidarity with our brothers and sisters on

The Clever Hans workers are at present involved i
hearings, and Chairman Jim Morrisette suggested that we
that fair treatment of their workers could xt lead to the
of them as the only public bakerg in Ithaca and add to their bi

Sue Schlaepfer reported on the continuing saga of the Ithaca Teachers, who are
working without a contract, forgoing a job action for the sake of the children

and asked for support from individual members of the Coalition, in the fors

postcards or letters to the editor. Mike Cohen read off the initial craft of the

runaway shop legislation g twelve months’ notice of closing and a written

impact statement for the community. A more complete form will be available at the
October meeting. A committee was formed to proceed with our proposed Labor Edu-

cation progran, composed of Mike Cohen, Skye Milliman, and a teacher to be named
later. This committee will begin to pull in resources, with full gearing up
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planned for the time following the November election. Some comments were made

on the great spirit and relative success of the Labor Day Rally, which, though

damp, was inspiring and well-covered by the media.