Resolution reprinted in the Industrial Worker, July 1990
Labor unionists everywhere are appalled by the May 24th bombing attack on Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney, and the subsequent accusations against them by law enforcement officials. The list of signatories below is a small sampling of those who have come out in public support of Judi and Darryl by signing the following statement
“We, the undersigned unionists, condemn the bombing assassination attempt against labor and environmental activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. This act of terrorism is not only an attack on the environmental movement but on the labor movement as well. Judi Bari is a long-time labor organizer and environmentalist who has sought to link these two movements for the protection of both the ecosystem and workers’ jobs. Bari and Cherney have fought to save the last remaining old-growth forests which the timber companies, in their quest for profits, have targeted for massive clearcutting before proposed forest protection initiatives are enacted, this Fall.”
“Timber companies have sought to pit workers and environmentalists against one another. We believe Bari and Cherney have been targeted for violence and criminal prosecution because they have successfully demonstrated that the defense of timber workers jobs is dependent on the protection of the forests.”
“We call on the entire labor movement to take a clear stand in solidarity with Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. Their struggle is our struggle.”
SIGNATORIES:
Janis Borchardt, Vice President, ATU local 1225*
Barbara Byrd, Labor Studies Coordinator, SF City College, and member AFT local 2121*
Bill Fiori, President, UFCW local 1100*
Jess Grant, SF Labor Council Delegate, ATU local 1555* (IWW)
Archie Green, Labor Historian
Dennis Hitchcock, Editor of Tradewinds; IAM local 1781*
Brian Lewis, President, UTU local 1730*
Millie Phillips, Member of the Executive. Board of CLUW, member of IBEW local 1245
Marina Secchitano, Regional Director of IBU*
David Welsh, Vice President, NALC local 214*
Daphne Wysham, Editor of San Mateo County Labor*
Steve Zeltzer, Labor Video Project; Stationary Engineers local 39*
Howard Wallace, Field Representative, SEIU local 250*
Jeff Ditz, General Secretary Treasurer, IWW
*Organizations listed for identification purposes only.