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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUFCW President Hansen on Michael Brown's Mother
http://www.ufcw.org/2014/08/22/ufcw-president-hansen-statement-on-mother-of-michael-brown/
WASHINGTON, D.C. Joe Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), today released the following statement regarding UFCW member Lesley McSpadden whose son Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri.
At the UFCW, we are a family. When tragedy strikes one of us, it is felt by all of us.
Our sister Lesley McSpadden, a member of UFCW Local 88, is dealing with the loss of her son Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
We have watched the unfolding events in Fergusonfrom Michael Browns death to the police response that has targeted peaceful protestors and journalists for exercising their first amendment rights. This entire episode highlights systemic problems that still plague our nationabject poverty, the lack of good jobs, an absence of racial diversity in the halls of power.
We need to address these challenges head onand labor has a role to play by offering workers the opportunity for a better life. In the meantime, we stand in solidarity with our sister Lesley McSpadden and join her calls for a fair investigation and justice under the law.
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The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) represents more than 1.3 million workers, primarily in the retail and meatpacking, food processing and poultry industries. The UFCW protects the rights of workers and strengthens Americas middle class by fighting for health care reform, living wages, retirement security, safe working conditions and the right to unionize so that working men and women and their families can realize the American Dream. For more information about the UFCWs effort to protect workers rights and strengthen Americas middle class, visit www.ufcw.org, or join our online community at www.facebook.com/UFCWinternational and www.twitter.com/ufcw.
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UFCW President Hansen on Michael Brown's Mother (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Aug 2014
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malaise
(269,155 posts)1. K & R
Solidarity Forever!
nolabear
(41,990 posts)2. A worker. A citizen. A mother. An American.
She is ours, too.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)3. REC!
bigtree
(86,005 posts)4. my former union for 30 yrs.
. . . solidarity.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)5. K&R....
Cha
(297,503 posts)6. Oh Wow.. this is incredibly poignant, Steve! My heart goes out to
Lesley McSpadden and her family and loved ones. Michael Brown
Thank you~
Grey
(1,581 posts)7. This poor Woman,
I cannot imagine losing a child....
me b zola
(19,053 posts)8. K&R
tea and oranges
(396 posts)9. Kick! May this be the start of an onslaught of support!
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)10. UFCW, the first union I was ever in.
We must stand together or we will fall separately.
Omaha Steve
(99,690 posts)11. Kick