February 25, 2008
5:30-8:30pm

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Residents' Dining Hall
800 South Halsted

Reservations Recommended,
call 312.413.5353

In this blistering, satirical documentary, ex-journalist Michael Moore gives a personal account of the tough times in his hometown of Flint, Mich., after the General Motors plant was closed in the mid-1980s. The film revolves around Moore's dogged attempts to gain an interview with Roger Smith, the elusive and well-insulated head of GM and the man responsible for massive layoffs that eliminated more than 30,000 jobs and left the town destitute.

Before the film screening, join us for a brief update from Joe Losbaker and other members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 about mediation and the recent strike authorization vote.
From Jan. 15 to Jan. 23, hundreds of clerical and administrative workers at UIC  turned out for a strike authorization vote. 94% of them supported the call from their elected bargaining committee to walk out of work if negotiations fail to reach an agreement.
The workers have gone without a contract raise for over two years. Sirlena Perry, a member of the bargaining committee as well as Local 73’s executive board, said, “We’ve never had a strike at UIC, but we can’t accept what’s on the table. There is no raise for the first year, no retro pay back to the August start date of this contract year and no language to give us job security.”