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The Janesville Gazette featured this front-page photo
coverage of efforts by Rock Valley United Teachers-Retired to collect
items for striking workers at the Tyson Foods plant in Jefferson. The
photo caption reads:
Members of the Rock Valley United Teachers-Retired
gather at Alfresco Cafe in Janesville on Wednesday to collect food items
to distribute to striking workers at Tyson Foods in Jefferson. About
470 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 538
have been on strike since February after contract negotiations with
Tyson management reached an impasse.
Congratulations, RVUT-Retired!
The following article was submitted by Ron Socwell,
vice president of RVUT-Retired:
A large pile of more than 2,000 food items grew quickly
on the floor at Alfresco Cafe in Janesville on a recent evening. The
food collection party was sponsored by Rock Valley United Teachers-Retired,
but the generous donations of active teachers and support staff from
Milton, Clinton, Whitewater, Janesville and Beloit made the evening
a success. In addition to the non-perishable food, nearly $500 in cash
donations were collected that night, and another $500 was sent directly
from the Janesville Education Association. There was also a load of
donations that came from Capital Area UniServ-North.
Organizers enjoyed the visit of Sen. Judy Robson,
who stopped by to write a check in support of these 465 families that
have been out of work for 10 months. A couple of vans and five of the
strikers showed up in time to pick up the donations at the end of the
four-hour party. The management of Alfresco Cafe donated the room and
snacks for the people who stopped by to visit and make donations. The
Janesville Gazette sent over a photographer.
We are happy with the generosity of all the people
who helped make this event a success and hope it will make a difference
to the strikers and their families to know that we are behind their
efforts.
– Submitted by Ron Socwell
Information
about the Tyson Foods strike
Posted December 8, 2003
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