o I c i d
of ci y' or
economic crl
The Detroit
Editor. Lest mOlllh, activists
from the comnwnity met to diGw
up (j People's Platfonn on issues
they wanted the CIUIIliI.lIIIes to 11/1-
tin s in the city elections. The,
·Micltigfln Citiun is filMing (j
s on the plImJa 0/ the pIIII-
form.
DETROIT - The People'
came ill opposi-
tl to t Detroi inciDer or,
backed by ayor Coleman
Yo d approYed by the city
CouDcil to burn toxic .
e platform charged that
t . . r Or" fo the
ba
ni
latform
in
Runa way plants,
racism, end
'new' South
t I
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Reprinwl from lAbor Now,
Sept. 1989
timony is n bout sin and sal­
vation, but orkin conditions
and organization.
t' of the 60 or SO peop e
pre ent com .from manufactur­
ing pi in the Rocky ount
area. ost are Blac but there
re everal white worker
pre nt. They've com to tell
their tori .
"They're orki
d t 0 eigh ," ys a white
orker from, larg high ech
plant. The company is edul­
ing ten hour shifts for five days
ee and eight hour hilts on
the weekend with no premium
p y.
A Blac rker from n
uto parts plant a "We're
1 ing limb in our plant. I mean
people are 10 ing finger and
hands 'cau h re' DO safety in
the plant."
One of hi fello worker
adds," an ement ju t che
u up and pit us out.