Designs Sought for a Michigan Labor Monument by Labor Legacy Project

    DETROIT, Feb. 5 Rank-and-file union members, as well as
professional artists, sculptors, and others in the arts community are invited
to join a competition to design a major work of art honoring Detroit's working
men and women.
    As part of its salute to the city's 300th birthday, the Michigan Labor
History Society has created a Michigan Labor Legacy Project, charged with
raising over $800,000 for construction of the monument on a site in downtown
Detroit.
    A breakfast and orientation meeting for interested artists will be held
from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 10, at the UAW-Ford National Program
Center in the former Veterans Memorial Building, 151 W. Jefferson.
Registration forms for the competition are available by calling the Labor
History Society at 313-577-4003.
    A jury will choose three finalists from all initial entries.  Each
finalist will receive a $5,000 stipend to create models of their designs.  The
winning model will be unveiled August 28 at the annual luncheon of the
Michigan Labor History Society at Cobo Hall.
    The Society is a broad-based organization devoted to preserving the labor
movement's rich history.  Its leaders include UAW Region 1 Director Ken Terry
and UAW Region 1A Director Gerald Bantom as well as representatives of other
unions.