Lynn Talbott
Lynn Talbott
Chicago DSA connections
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America's 41st Annual Eugene V. Debs - Norman Thomas - Michael Harrington Dinner was held on May 7th 1999, at the Holiday Inn City Centre. The Program Book, 40 pages of congratulations to Awardees Jackie Kendall of the Midwest Academy and James Tribble of UNITE, was a record.
The presenter of the Award to James Tribble was UNITE's secretary - treasurer, Bruce Raynor.
- Bruce Raynor established a great record of militant organizing in the South and is likely to be the next President of UNITE. Raynor spoke of Jim Tribble's leadership on the front lines in organizing and negotiating, and his contributions at the International Board meetings of UNITE by being a union man who spoke his mind.[1]
The 46th Annual Debs-Thomas-Harrington Dinner May 7, 2004 Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago.
Bruce Raynor was an award presenter.
Eliseo Medina, Lynn Talbott and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky were honorees.[2]
Support for Bernie Sanders
Lynn Talbott pledged support for Bernie Sanders through Labor for Bernie, a "nationwide network of labor activists, backing Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign."