The Militant Labor Forum hall is located, along with other offices, on the second floor of a building managed by the Far West Bank in downtown Price.

On February 21, a manager of the bank informed supporters of the Militant, who help organize the forums, that they will have to get out of the hall by the end of the month. “You can go somewhere else to peddle your poison,” the manager told a couple of the volunteers, Kennedy explained.

“Later in the week the landlord also threatened to change the locks on the doors,” Kennedy said. “This is an attack on the right of working people to come together and discuss important issues facing workers today, like the need to unionize the mines to enforce safety.”

“By winning support from workers in the area and hiring legal counsel we have been able to negotiate effectively. The landlord is now offering this month’s rent free in exchange for breaking the lease early at the end of March,” Kennedy stated.

Volunteers signed up 12 subscribers to the Militant in Price and nearby towns over the March 4-5 weekend. They also distributed a statement outlining the facts of the case and calling on working people to support organizers of the Militant Labor Forum in their effort to maintain a hall in Price, whether at the current location or a new one.  
 
 
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