Wilbur Hobby

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1. October 5, 1972 State AFL-CIO president Wilbur Hobby rallies UNC students behind the lettuce, grape and Farah boycotts Speaking at a rally moved by rain from the Pit to the Great Hall, state AFL-CIO president Wilbur Hobby urged students to boycott non-union lettuce and grapes and announced his support for the new boycott of Farah pants. The local lettuce boycott was organized by the Chapel Hill Lettuce Boycott Committee and the Young World Development committee of the YM-YWCA. People: Wilbur Hobby Place: Great Hall, Carolina Union, University, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 6, 1972, p. 1
2. October 19, 1972 McGovern's "Grassroots Grasshopper" caravan draws more than 1,000 to a Chapel Hill rally The McGovern campaign's Southern caravan stopped in Chapel Hill for a "People's Dinner" at the Wesley and Newman Foundations and a rally, moved by cold weather from the Pit to the Great Hall, before more than 1,000 people. Speakers included Terry McGovern, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Mrs. Medgar Evers, Sissy Farenthold and Hodding Carter III, with Liz Carpenter presiding and Wilbur Hobby introducing the caravan. People: Wilbur Hobby Place: Great Hall, Carolina Union, University, Chapel Hill · Also named: Terry McGovern, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Liz CarpenterSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 23, 1972, p. 1
3. October 24, 1973 More than 700 rally in the Pit for the impeachment of President Nixon Four days after the firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox, a noon rally in the Pit drew more than 700 people to hear state AFL-CIO president Wilbur Hobby, law professor Daniel H. Pollitt, aldermanic candidate Gerry Cohen and Student Body President Ford Runge call for President Nixon's impeachment. Five striking Brookside coal miners from Harlan County, Kentucky, attended, and organizers gathered more than 2,000 signatures for an impeachment telegram and formed a committee to send buses of students to lobby Congress. People: Wilbur Hobby, Daniel H. Pollitt Place: the Pit, University, Chapel Hill · Also named: Gerry Cohen, Ford RungeSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 25, 1973, p. 1
4. September 11, 1974 Cesar Chavez speaks in Memorial Hall for the farm workers' boycott United Farm Workers president Cesar Chavez, brought to North Carolina by state AFL-CIO president Wilbur Hobby and sponsored locally by the Chapel Hill Friends of the UFW, asked an audience in Memorial Hall to boycott table grapes, western iceberg lettuce and Gallo wines. A Gallo representative answered him at a press conference at the Holiday Inn, and a letter writer later put Chavez's audience at about 1,000 students. People: Wilbur Hobby Place: Memorial Hall, University, Chapel Hill · Also named: Cesar ChavezSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 12, 1974, p. 1
5. by October 27, 1975 A local chapter of the People's Alliance organizes in Chapel Hill A newly organized local chapter of the People's Alliance held a dinner at the Community Church on Purefoy Road on Oct. 27, where state AFL-CIO president Wilbur Hobby endorsed Gerry Cohen for mayor and both men urged Chapel Hill to take a leading liberal role in the state. People: Wilbur Hobby Place: Community Church, Purefoy Road, Chapel Hill · Also named: Gerry CohenSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 29, 1975, p. 2
6. October 14, 1977 A Burlington-funded conference on unions and wages at the Carolina Inn draws faculty dissent At a UNC economics conference on unionism and wages, largely paid for by Burlington Industries, the company's spokesman argued North Carolina's low earnings largely vanished after adjustments; planning professor Emil Malizia accused the firm of dressing up an in-house report as University work, and state AFL-CIO president Wilbur Hobby was refused time to speak. People: Wilbur Hobby Place: Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill · Also named: Emil MaliziaSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 17, 1977, p. 1
7. November 7-8, 1980 Machinists president William Winpinsinger and Crystal Lee Sutton speak at a UNC labor forum A weekend forum on labor organizing at UNC brought International Association of Machinists president William Winpinsinger to Gerrard Hall on November 7, 1980, where he told more than 200 people that much of labor's potential for the 1980s lay in the Carolinas; state AFL-CIO president Wilbur Hobby also spoke. On November 8 Crystal Lee Sutton, whose union work at J.P. Stevens inspired the film Norma Rae, spoke in Hamilton Hall. People: Wilbur Hobby, Crystal Lee Sutton Place: Gerrard Hall and Hamilton Hall, University, Chapel Hill · Also named: William Winpinsinger · Also mentions: Gerrard HallSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, November 10, 1980, p. 1