NY magazine to feature UAW 1112
Tribune Chronicle
by Ron Selak Jr.
Show of labor unity
NORTH JACKSON — When well-known photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier let it be known she would be above the United Auto Workers Local 1112 hall in a helicopter to take photos of the building’s exterior for a magazine cover, local UAW leaders thought they could do better.
They put their heads together and decided to blast out to the union’s members an invitation to come to the hall on Reuther Drive SW to form a human wheel around the circle and flags in the parking lot.
The message through the union’s alert system was sent somewhere between 11 and 11:30 a.m. Thursday. They figured they needed about 75 people to form the circle.
About three hours later, at least a couple hundred local members created in the circle with UAW banners and also signs, some from the Drive It Home Ohio campaign and some homemade.
The high turnout shows “they are concerned, want to come out, want to support,” said UAW Local 1112 President Dave Green. “They believe in the cause, they believe we can get a product here. We’re doing everything we can to push on and push forward and keep hope alive. We are not giving up.”
Courtesy of: Tribune Chronicle
