The 2013 AFL-CIO Convention is underway in Los Angeles, and I decided to peruse the proposed resolutions, as well as proposed amendments to the AFL-CIO Constitution.
Here are some of my favorites:
Resolution 5, which just passed, co-opts the IWW method of growing membership to organize the unorganized. This would extend AFL-CIO membership to all workers, even if they are not yet working under a collective bargaining agreement.
Constitutional Amendment 1, which would add a Young Workers' Representative to the AFL-CIO Executive Board.
Then there's Constitutional Amendment 2 & 3. Amendment 2 is the Machinists' Union(IAM) complaining about Raider Unions, which made me think, "Pot, meet the kettle." Amendment 3 is an amendment to reaffirm that Article XX(anti-raiding) will not be applied to non-affiliated unions. Paranoid much?
Let's see what else comes up.
In Solidarity,
Joseph
Here are some of my favorites:
Resolution 5, which just passed, co-opts the IWW method of growing membership to organize the unorganized. This would extend AFL-CIO membership to all workers, even if they are not yet working under a collective bargaining agreement.
Constitutional Amendment 1, which would add a Young Workers' Representative to the AFL-CIO Executive Board.
Then there's Constitutional Amendment 2 & 3. Amendment 2 is the Machinists' Union(IAM) complaining about Raider Unions, which made me think, "Pot, meet the kettle." Amendment 3 is an amendment to reaffirm that Article XX(anti-raiding) will not be applied to non-affiliated unions. Paranoid much?
Let's see what else comes up.
In Solidarity,
Joseph
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