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Feb 27
2008
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ON THE GLOBAL WATERFRONT: THE FIGHT TO FREE THE CHARLESTON 5Posted by Infogal in Labor, Chicagoland, Books  |
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Book Launch and Reception
Wednesday, March 12, 20085 p.m. - 7 p.m.
UNITE! HERE
333 S. Ashland, Chicago IL
On the Global Waterfront by Suzan Erem and E. Paul Durrenberger tells the story of the Charleston 5, who became an international labor cause celebre when they were falsely accused of inciting a riot after police attacked a longshore protest in Charleston, South Carolina. The dockworkers were protesting the attempt by a multinational shipping conglomerate to shift to non-union labor.
Suzan Erem is a former Chicago labor organizer who wrote the book Labor Pains about her experiences as a SEIU staffer here in the Windy City. You can meet Suzan and get her autograph on the book by attending the celebration at UNITE! HERE on March 12.
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