IAM Local Lodge 731 consist of members from British Airways (Flytele/BA), Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and U.S. Airways and is part of Districts 141 and 142 of the Transportation Territory of the IAM and is a member in good-standing of the North Florida Central Labor Council and the Florida AFL-CIO.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Religious Groups Begin Nightly Vigils at Wis. Capitol
by James Parks, Mar 11, 2011
In a tremendous show of opposition against Gov. Scott Walker and the state Republicans’ recent actions to take away public workers’ right to collective bargaining and his proposed budget, Madison’s religious community is organizing ongoing nightly vigils sponsored by different faith communities at the State Capitol. Each night a different religious community will sponsor the vigil, drawing members from far and wide.
Rev. Jerry Folk, co-chair of Madison’s Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice, says:
Many religious leaders in Wisconsin are disturbed by the governor’s proposed budget because it will widen the gap between the haves and have-nots of society by taking resources away from the middle class and the poor and giving them to the wealthiest among us.