March 19, 2010
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
The Executive Council of the California Labor Federation, representing two million organized workers, over one-sixth of the membership of the AFL-CIO, passed a resolution on Feb. 23, 2010, calling on the AFL-CIO and Change to Win to organize a Solidarity Day III demonstration in Washington, D.C. for Jobs, Peace and [...]
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Over 125 activists from across U.S. plot strategy for coordinated grassroots campaign to win single payer healthcare
Silver Spring, MD – More than 125 union leaders and activists from 25 states gathered at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, MD last weekend to strategize about next steps at the state and national level to win [...]
This coming April 12 is the deadline for submitting the 1 million signatures required to get the California Democracy Act (CDA) on the November 2010 ballot in California. CDA is an essential step toward winning progressive taxation. It would return majority rule to the California State Assembly (instead of the current two-thirds requirement) for all decisions regarding budget AND revenue.
Dear Workers Emergency Recovery Campaign folks-
I’m delighted to inform you that the The Council of New Jersey State College Locals (CNJSCL), AFT, AFL-CIO http://www.cnjscl.org/ voted unanimously in our state-wide meeting of delegates on February 12, 2010 to endorse the resolution calling upon the AFL-CIO and Change to Win to organize a Solidarity Day III March [...]
The California Labor Federation Calls for a National March on Washington for Jobs, Peace, Affordable Healthcare for All And For an End to Foreclosures and Evictions
As Of February 16, 2010
South Carolina State AFL-CIO
San Francisco Labor Council
South Bay Labor Council (San Jose, Calif.)
The Council of New Jersey State College Locals (CNJSCL), AFT, AFL-CIO NEW
Chris Silvera, Secretary – Treasurer, Teamsters Local 808 NEW
Chris Driscoll, Recording Secretary, The Campaign for Fresh Air and Clean Politics NEW
National Jobs for All Coalition [...]
Librarians’ Guild, AFSCME Local 2626, joins with our brothers and sisters in calling for a labor-sponsored march on Washington for jobs, peace and justice, which would have the capability of mobilizing the kind of massive army Brother Trumka spoke of; and be it finally RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the AFL-CIO and Change to Win.
