Rolf Gerstenberger, president of United Steelworkers Local 1005, at the giant Stelco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario, sent in his endorsement with a $100 contribution to the Militant Fighting Fund, which has been set up to help the Militant defend itself in this case. Local 1005 is locked in a battle to defend its contract, which covers 3,000 workers and 8,000 retirees at Stelco. The company, under bankruptcy reorganization, is threatening many of the hard-fought pension and other gains of the steelworkers.

Gerstenberger said he plans to recommend to the local’s executive board that it endorse the labor rights defense campaign for the Militant and the other defendants fighting C.W. Mining.

Stefán Pálsson from Reykjavík, Iceland, added his name to the endorser list last week too. Pálsson is the chairman of the Campaign against Military Bases organization, which has fought since the 1970s to close the U.S. military base in that country and end Iceland’s membership in NATO, the U.S.-led military alliance.

Much-needed contributions also continue to arrive to help cover legal and other costs. Wendell Young III, one of three international union vice-presidents who endorsed at the recent Change to Win union conference in St. Louis, Missouri, sent in $50. Young is an officer of the United Food and Commercial Workers from Pennsylvania.
 
 
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