PEACE ACTION of CNY

DIANE SWORDS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

A VOICE FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

Coming Soon To A Syracuse Neighborhood Near You:

"INCREDIBLE FEATS OF
STUPIDITY"

A street performance that is timely in today's political climate...

This Month's Preview:

Pay-offs For Layoffs

Fact:
When Lockhead and Martin Marietta merged recently, laying off 30,000 workers, Congress appropriated $31 million in taxpayer money for executive bonuses.

Source:
"Pentagon-Lockhead Deal" Newsday, Sept. 30, 1995; William Hartung, The Nation, June 19th 1995.

Sweet deal for the CEO's, not so good for the dumped workers. Executives from Lockhead Martin claim that the merger will save the Pentagon $1 billion over five years. They further claim that there is nothing special or unusual about these bonuses--it's been going on for years. The Director of Defense Procurement tried to clarify the situation by explaining that the $31 million was not for bonuses, but was "employee deferrment compensation payments."

Maybe he meant:"executive payments for deferring employees?"

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LOCAL CALENDAR OF
EVENTS:

July 12 , 1997:
People For Animal Rights
Vegetarian Picnic.12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. at Willow Bay in Onondaga Park. Rain Date, July 13.
Call 488-PURR for more information.

July 25-27, 1997:
Peace Action National Congress at Reed College Campus in Portland, Oregon.

August 6, 1997.
Hiroshima Event. Watch for details and save the day. (No August 5 Peace Action Meeting.)

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