Win Heimer

Win Heimer

Template:TOCnestleft Winston Heimer is a retired Connecticut labor official. He is a Maj (Ret) U.S. Army, Signalcorps.

Open Letter to Obama on Iran

In 2008 Win Heimer, V.P., Greater Hartford Central Labor Council, Hartford, CT signed an online petition “A Open Letter to Barack Obama on Iran”.

CARA

In 2014, Win Heimer, was VP Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans.

Supporting Malloy

Activists from the Hartford Service Workers Club of the Communist Party USA took time out from a busy day of door-knocking union households for Dannel Malloy for Governor to gather and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Mississippi Summer. The occasion featured a talk by 1960s civil rights activist Larry Rubin and was sponsored by the Hartford Labor Committee of the People's World.

Larry Rubin was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary off and on between 1961 and 1965, first in southwest Georgia and then in northern Mississippi. After SNCC, he went to Kentucky on assignment by the Southern Conference Educational Fund.

For 45 years Rubin has worked in the labor movement as an organizer, media and public relations specialist, speechwriter, publications editor and political advocate. He served four terms on the Takoma Park, Maryland city council. Until recently, he was the communications director and DC-area political director for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters, an affiliate of the Carpenters union.

"Don't shy away from race and institutionalized racism, as these remain real forces in today's world. We must organize within our communities as the struggle continues," Rubin urged the gathering. He drew a parallel between the issues of the '60s and current activity. The powerful discussion that followed involved sharing of similar Mississippi experiences of those in attendance. Obvious themes included huge disparities that limit options and opportunities for working families. Rubin guided the discussion by validating causes that bring peace to a troubled world.

Discussion also focused on the struggle to get Malloy re-elected and to pass Question 1 to allow a constitutional amendment so the state legislature could enact measures for early voting. Throughout the evening the leitmotif repeated: "Organize Organize Organize!"

Connecticut has become a battleground state in the upcoming gubernatorial election as incumbent Democratic governor Dannel P. Malloy faces stiff opposition from Greenwich millionaire Tom Foley. The race is neck and neck and parallels a similarly tight race with Malloy beating Foley four years ago by a narrow margin.

With Malloy as governor, Connecticut became the first state to enact paid sick days and a $10.10 minimum wage. Home health care and home child care workers won the right to organize and have signed their first contract. Event organizer Ruth Tulin Cion introduced Larry Rubin. Win Heimer wrote it up for the People's World.

Veteran's petition

August 25, 2012, a "group of veterans" called on Governor Dannel Malloy to restore the request for funding for restoration of 37 Howe Street, site of the Communist Party USA's New Haven People's Center.

The Governor removed the item from the state bonding budget after an opposition group from outside New Haven, citing their veteran status, protested the proposed funding on the grounds that Communists are part of the building. The bonding request would restore brick work on the 1851 Italianate structure which is a site on the Connecticut Freedom Trail.

The announcement was made as the New Haven Peoples Center celebrated its 75th anniversary with a family backyard cookout and cultural event including music and children's crafts. After supporters crowded on the front lawn for a group photograph, messages of solidarity and support were delivered by elected officials, labor leaders and community activists.

The letter from the veterans reads in part: "We deplore the manipulation of a few Veterans, for narrow political purposes, who do not understand that the New Haven Peoples Center is an historic building,

We call for the restoration of the request of the New Haven Peoples Center for funding.

• Win Heimer, Maj (Ret) U.S. Army, Signalcorps

Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans

In December 2014, leaders of the Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans were Joelle Fishman, Win Heimer, Bette Marafino, Ray Marafino, Mary Elia, Denise Lynch and Kevin M. Lynch in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Communist Party

In 2015 Win Heimer was connected to the Communist Party USA.

Hartford Service Workers Club

Activists from the Hartford Service Workers Club of the Communist Party USA took time out from a busy day of door-knocking union households for Dannel Malloy for Governor to gather and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Mississippi Summer. The occasion featured a talk by 1960s civil rights activist Larry Rubin and was sponsored by the Hartford Labor Committee of the People's World.

Larry Rubin was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary off and on between 1961 and 1965, first in southwest Georgia and then in northern Mississippi. After SNCC, he went to Kentucky on assignment by the Southern Conference Educational Fund.

Discussion also focused on the struggle to get Malloy re-elected and to pass Question 1 to allow a constitutional amendment so the state legislature could enact measures for early voting. Throughout the evening the leitmotif repeated: "Organize Organize Organize!"

Connecticut has become a battleground state in the upcoming gubernatorial election as incumbent Democratic governor Dannel P. Malloy faces stiff opposition from Greenwich millionaire Tom Foley. The race is neck and neck and parallels a similarly tight race with Malloy beating Foley four years ago by a narrow margin.

With Malloy as governor, Connecticut became the first state to enact paid sick days and a $10.10 minimum wage. Home health care and home child care workers won the right to organize and have signed their first contract. Event organizer Ruth Tulin Cion introduced Larry Rubin. Win Heimer wrote it up for the People's World.

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