UAW Local 31

Members - Eric Shelton, Jocelyn Raney, Veronica McLaughlin-Boyd(CH) and Steve League

The Education Committee would like to welcome all the Transfers and returning New Hires to the Fairfax plant!  Congratulations to all new committee persons in their departments.  Be mindful of the upcoming committee elections to be announced soon.  This time of the year, summertime, keep watchful eyes during travel for children playing outside.  Let’s all be safe during this summer.

History Knowledge
On June 19, 1865, over 2 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, TX, and read the General Order Number 3,…”The people of Texas are informed, ‘all slaves are free.’”  For the first time salves in Texas learned that they were already free.  Some were shocked; many others celebrated.  June 19th soon became known as “Juneteenth.”

History by
Philip D. Yancey

Celebrate and Remember!
  Let’s observe and appreciate the Fourth of July holiday break
June 30-July6
Education Committee