Committee forms to support U of M strikers

The meeting will be Saturday, Aug. 18, at 10 a.m. at the UTEC building in Dinkytown, 1313 5th Street SE, Room 102A, Minneapolis.

Members of AFSCME Locals 3800, 3801, 3260 and 3937 are preparing for a possible strike when fall classes begin Sept. 4. Union leaders say the administration\’s last wage proposal was inadequate and will widen the gap between clerical, technical and health care workers and highly paid administrators.

"Community support was crucial to the success of the strike by AFSCME 3800 in 2003," organizers of the group said. "This year, all the University AFSCME locals need your support again. We are asking our supporters on campus, in the community, and in the labor movement to help us win a contract that our members, and our members\’ families, can live with."

To learn more about the support committee, call 612-234-8774 or visit www.uworkers.org

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