WHEREAS, 2018 is the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s March on Washington and was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States; and WHEREAS, the same concerns brought forth by Dr. Martin Luther King are still relevant in the present day, his work is still not … Read More

WHEREAS, America’s immigration system is badly broken, and President Trump’s disgraceful enforcement policies are an affront to our nation’s values. WHEREAS, instead of ensuring the safety of workers doing dangerous and difficult jobs, the Trump administration is raiding our workplaces, arresting our members and letting corporations get off scot free. WHEREAS, rejecting a sacred American … Read More

On June 27, 2018, a narrow five-justice Supreme Court majority, emboldened by a stolen seat, overturned four decades of common-sense precedent in Janus v. AFSCME. It was the latest misguided action by the most corporate-friendly Court in American history. Unions are required by law to represent and negotiate on behalf of all workers in a … Read More

WHEREAS, it is a paramount duty of the labor movement to ensure that all of our members and their communities have access to public services, including restrooms; and WHEREAS, safe access to public services is neither a luxury nor a special right; and WHEREAS, gender-segregated restrooms impede the ability of some of the our union … Read More

WHEREAS, working people find protection and strength in both the solidarity of their fellow union members and the strength of the language of their collective bargaining agreement; and WHEREAS, in most states in the country, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer working people are only protected from discrimination in the workplace by their contract and … Read More