MEDIA ADVISORY: NOVEMBER 14, 2024, 11AM ET
UAW LABOR FOR PALESTINE PRESS BRIEFING
SPEAKERS WILL COVER:
- Latest developments from Detroit following rallies on November 12 and 14 outside the UAW International Executive Board meeting, where members of UAW Labor for Palestine and Engineers Against Apartheid demanded UAW leaders divest from Israel.
- Updates on UAW Labor for Palestine’s ongoing campaign to demand that their union respect the Palestinian trade union picket line by immediately divesting from Israel Bonds.
- Perspectives from rank-and-file union members from across the country who support divestment, including manufacturing workers, academic, legal and research workers, and others.
- Background on UAW support for Palestinian freedom, and why UAW members are demanding leaders take a concrete step to divest from Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
SPEAKERS:
- Dawnya Ferdinandsen is an auto assembly line worker in Toledo, OH and rank-and-file member of UAW Local 14.
- Mary Jirmanus Saba is a feminist filmmaker in Boston, MA and rank-and-file member of UAW Local 4811.
- Genessee Floressantos is a former associate publicist for HarperCollins Publishers based in Brooklyn, NY and a rank-and-file member of UAW Local 2110.
CONTACT: uawlabor4palestine@gmail.com
WHEN: November 14, 2024, 8am PST / 11am EST
WHERE: Zoom, registration required
