Archive for 2010
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
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.
By James Parks On February 19, 2010 @ 10:57 am
From the AFL-CIO Blog
http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/02/19/trumka-creating-jobs-is-best-way-to-fix-deficit/
The best way to reduce the growing federal deficit is to [1] create 10 million jobs now—the number of jobs needed to close our jobs deficit—not to cut vital programs such as [2] Social Security and [3] Medicare, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said.
President [...]
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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.
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 [...]
Tags: Solidarity Day III
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 [...]
Dear Sisters and Brothers:
Rank-and-file unions from various parts of the country, as well as Central Labor Councils, have been passing resolutions calling on the AFL-CIO and Change to Win to organize a massive Solidarity Day III demonstration in Washington to demand job-creation programs as well as other programs vital to working people. [See initial list [...]
Tags: WERC
San Mateo County CLC Resolution
Tags: San Mateo, Solidarity Day III
RALLY FOR CALIFORNIA’S FUTURE!
All Out For March 4 Rally at the Civic Center in Defense Of Public Education and All Public-Sector Services!
The San Francisco Labor Council calls on all labor affiliates, community organizations, and student groups to mobilize their memberships to attend the 5 p.m. rally and demonstration at the San Francisco Civic [...]
As Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, recently announced in response to the Massachusetts elections: “It’s not time to leave it to any political party to take care of us once we put them in office. It’s time to organize and mobilize as never before to make every elected or aspiring leader PROVE he or she will create the jobs we need in an economy we need with the health care we need. I know we are the people who can mobilize a massive army to force elected leaders to deliver.”
Tags: AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, single payer, Solidarity Day III