Picnickers Celebrate the 2024 Workers Day

The banner of Local 965 is mounted above the food table at its 2024 Workers Day Cookout in Fayetteville's Veterans Memorial Park.

Members of UA-Fayetteville Education Association / Local 965, along with their families and UA faculty and staff interested in the union, enjoyed burgers, sides and fixins on May 1, 2024, International Workers Day.

Caitlin Oxford
Caitlin Oxford

In brief remarks two Democratic Arkansas House candidates address the diners, Caitlin Oxford running for the District 25 seat and Billy Cook running for the District 19 seat.

This was the union’s third consecutive May Day cookout in recent years, all held at the large pavilion of Fayetteville’s Veterans Memorial Park.

Billy Cook speaks at Local 965's 2024 Workers Day Cookout. Cook is the Democratic candidate for District 19 in the Arkansas House.
Billy Cook speaks at Local 965’s 2024 Workers Day Cookout. Cook is the Democratic candidate for District 19 in the Arkansas House.
Local 965 President Hershel Hartford (blue shirt) and to his right Vice President Ben Pollock welcome guests to the union's 2024 Workers Day Cookout.
Local 965 President Hershel Hartford (blue shirt) and to his right Vice President Ben Pollock welcome guests to the union’s 2024 Workers Day Cookout.

Featured were beef and vegan hamburgers with potato salad and baked beans. Platters of fruit, cheese and vegetable crudites and strawberry shortcake were generously donated by a local restaurant.

Poster for Local 965's 2024 Workers Day Cookout