Labor opposes war on Iran

USW Local 8751 - District 4
Boston School Bus Drivers’ Union
25 Colgate Rd. • Roslindale, MA  02131
Telephone (617) 524-7073   Fax (617) 524-1691
www.BostonSchoolBusUnion.org

Dear Sisters and Brothers:   

If bombs start falling on Iran, a world calamity will surely result. Yet this is a distinct possibility since President Bush has not taken the "military option" off the table - the exact same language he used just before the senseless attack on Iraq, hundre4des of thousands of Iraq deaths, over 4100 U.S. military deaths and $562 billion ago. Organized labor has shown its willingness to intervene to stop senseless wars, during the contra war of the 1980's (Labor Coalition Against Intervention in El Salvador, led by then ACTWU and AFGE, and more recently, U.S.  Labor Against the War

The Stop the War on Iran campaign is a coalition that has come together to call for local and regional demonstrations from coast to coast on August 2nd. Union officers, executive boards and rank-and-file activists can play a critical role in endorsing this effort and bringing the power of labor to these demonstrations.

Please consider endorsing and supporting this campaign anyway you can. You can go to our website (http://stopwaroniran.org) and endorse the August 2nd actions, organize one of your own, or join one of the many that are being held across the country. Together, we might help to prevent another catastrophe for the world.

In Solidarity:

Frantz Mendes,President,
USW Local 8751                                           
Boston School Bus Drivers' Union        
Steve Gillis, Vice-President,                                                                 
Steve Kirschbaum, Chair, Grievance Committee,
USW Local 8751                   
                                                                                                 
Edward Childs                   
Chief Steward
Local 26 UNITE-HERE
Boston, Ma.

Martha Grevatt, Trustee,
UAW Local 122*
Twinsburg, Ohio

Minnie Bruce Pratt, Susan E. Davis60;         
National Writers Union,
UAW Local 1981*

Ignacio Meneses, UAW Local 174, U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange
Cheryl LaBash, U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange 

Dave Sole, President UAW Local 2234, Detroit, Mi

Dave Welsh, Delegate, San Francisco Labor Council NALC/AFL-CIO

Mike Gimbel, Delegate, NYC Central Labor Council AFSCME 375*

Reza Namdar, Unit Chairperson WBNG, TNG/CWA Local 32035 CWA*

Greg Dunkel, PSC-AFT*

Sue Kelly, Secty-Treasurer Local 334 OPEIU*

* For Identification Purposes