CBTU Calls for Action at 40th Annual Convention

Powered by the theme, “The Next 40 Years: Building on a Strong Legacy,” the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) held their 40th Convention May 25-30, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Convention theme was clearly on the minds of the nearly 1,000 delegates when they passed a Special Resolution regarding the “all-out assault on civil, worker and human rights around the United States of America and Canada.”

CBTU Delegates Support IAM-Delta Campaign

In an unmistakable display of solidarity with Machinists fighting to represent more than 30,000 workers at Delta Airlines, nearly 1,000 delegates at the 39th International Convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) poured into Detroit’s Wayne County International airport wearing the IAM campaign’s signature blue shirts.

CBTU Delegates Support IAM-Delta Campaign

In an unmistakable display of solidarity with Machinists fighting to represent more than 30,000 workers at Delta Airlines, nearly 1,000 delegates at the 39th International Convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) poured into Detroit’s Wayne County International airport wearing the IAM campaign’s signature blue shirts.

Rita Rogers Honored at NAACP Banquet

Rita Rogers, the first woman to hold the position of Business Representative in District 70 was honored recently by the Wichita branch of the NAACP with their Ronald A. Walters Civic Leadership Award.