Thursday, May 1, 2008

GP Union Conference delegates discuss regional meetings, building local union strength

Union delegates from Georgia Pacific-owned facilities spent the first morning of the conference in Pittsburgh April 28-29 talking about issues raised at the regional GP meetings earlier in the year around the country to get a clearer understanding of issues facing hourly workers.

Reports back from these regional meetings talked about the most serious problems now facing workers at GP. Union workers also came up with a united plan to begin address these issues as a group. With assistance from USW Strategic Campaigns staff, breakout groups discussed various ways we are building stronger communications networks so no one is left in the dark about union-company relations at any facility.

Additional ways of building power were discussed. More details will be discussed in future issues of this publication.

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