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CWA International President Larry
Cohen Speaking at EMLC film showing in Bangor Friday Nov 20
This is a tremendous opportunity to meet and hear from one of the
most powerful, creative union leaders in our country today, and
stand in solidarity with others in our community to show support
for a strong local economy where workers have good, secure jobs
with dignity!
As part of the annual "Solidarity Harvest" project, the
Eastern Maine Labor Council and Food
AND Medicine are sponsoring a free, public showing of the HBO
documentary film, The Last Truck: Closing of GM Plant
at the Bangor Opera House. HBO has given us special permission
to show this powerful and unique film that views the final months
of a GM assembly plant through the workers' eyes as they reflect
on their work and consider their next steps. CWA President Larry
Cohen, former GM worker Paul "Popeye" Hurst who is featured
in the documentary, EMLC and Firemen & Oilers member and peer
support worker Kevin Gregory and others will participate in a panel
discussion following the film. There will also be time for people
to mingle over appertizers and beverages.
The Downtown Bangor parking garage (next to Pickering Square) will
stay open until 10:00 pm the evening of the film showing, Friday,
Nov. 20th, to accommodate people attending our event!
Please spread the word and encourage your friends, co-workers and
relatives to join us. We will be starting on time, so plan to arrive
by 6:00pm. Here is all of the information about the event:
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Community Film Showing & Discussion
A Solidarity Harvest Event
Sponsored by Food AND Medicine
& the Eastern Maine Labor Council
Friday, Nov. 20th, 6:00 pm-8:00pm, with social reception 8:00-9:00pm
Bangor Opera House, 131 Main Street, Bangor
More
on the Solidarity Harvest
More on The Last Truck
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant is a unique, insightful 40
minute HBO documentary film directed by Steve Bognar & Julia
Reichert that is reported to be on the short list for receiving
an Oscar nomination this year. On Dec. 23, 2008, two days before
Christmas, the General Motors assembly plant in Moraine, Ohio shut
its doors, and 2,500 workers were left without jobs. But the GM
workers lost much more than jobs, including the pride they share
in their work and the camaraderie built through the years. To the
natives of the greater Dayton area, General Motors wasn't just a
car company - it was the lifeblood of the community. The film shows
the last weeks before the plant shut down from the perspective of
the workers at the plant.
Workers who have been through lay-offs here in Eastern Maine have
described the film as an accurate and emotionally powerful protrayal
of workers' experiences in the aftermath of plant closings here
and urge everybody in our area - young and old, employed and unemployed,
politicians and small businesses owners - to watch the film in order
to get a deeper understanding of this problem.
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