Union members restore battleship USS Iowa to commemorate Veterans Day

Photo credit: Jeremy Bonelle
Union volunteers cleaning the USS Iowa November 8, 2014
Union volunteers cleaning the USS Iowa November 8, 2014

SAN PEDRO—Armed with buckets of simple green and scores of rags, union members volunteered Saturday, Nov. 8, to be the USS Iowa crew for a day, scrubbing down bunks and cleaning walls in the 72-year-old battleship.

More than 40 members of Southern California’s labor unions—including Orange County Employees Association, United Food and Commercial Workers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and several others—came to commemorate Veterans Day and honor our nation’s heroes by giving back.

The celebration will continue from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday with a FREE community Veterans Day event at the OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Drive, in Costa Mesa.

The events are part of the Veterans + Labor initiative,launched in 2013 by California’s unions. Through the initiative, union members across California volunteer to support veterans in their communities, and fight for policies and programs that provide resources for veterans in need and connect them with good jobs.

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Photo credit: Jeremy Bonelle
Photo credit: Jeremy Bonelle

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  1. One heck of a ship. It has 47 dead sailors interned in turret #2. The only battleship with a bathtub. etc etc. Well worth a visit. The only problem is the ship is not ADA complaint.

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