[PEN-L:11796] ARTISTS APPEAL FOR UPS STRIKERS

[Michael Eisenscher <meisenscher@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Forwarded message:
From:   lamp@xxxxxxxxxxx (Mike Alewit)
To:     lamp@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 97-08-14 17:01:23 EDT

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AN  APPEAL TO ARTISTS:
NOW IS THE TIME;
THE PICKET LINE IS THE PLACE

USE YOUR  BRUSHES, COMPUTERS, MUSIC, POETRY AND IDEAS AS WEAPONS  FOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE.

The Labor Art & Mural Project (LAMP) is calling for artists to extend a
hand in solidarity to the striking UPS workers.  The International
Brotherhood of Teamsters needs our support and collaboration to fight the
corrupt and powerful United Parcel Service and their supporters in
Washington.

The issues facing UPS workers are the same ones facing artists:
underemployment and lack of respect. The stakes in this battle are high.
The strike could determine the strength and direction of the labor movement
for years to come.

As an organization committed to working class struggles, we are supporting
this strike through our art.  The murals and banners we paint carry on a
long tradition of collaboration between art and labor.

Art is an essential element in any social struggle.

We call on all artists, poets, actors, videographers, cartoonists,
photographers and other cultural workers: Let us share our experiences
about the picket lines and the work we are doing in support of the UPS
strike and other labor struggles.

The time to act is now!  Announce to the corporate thugs that you will no
longer perfume their sewers. Show UPS that you will not stand for their
economic agenda of corporate greed.   Return art to where it really belongs
:the people.


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LaBOR aRT & MuRAL PRoJECT
Labor Education Center
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ  08903

Phone: 732.220.1472   Fax: 732.296.1325

Email: lamp@xxxxxxxxxxx   Website: http://www.igc.apc.org/laborart
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Mike Alewitz, Artistic Director