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RESOLUTION
TO STAY IN THE AFL-CIO
WHEREAS
in unity there is strength; and
WHEREAS
the necessary changes to strengthen the labor movement must at this time be made from
within, including within the AFL-CIO; and
WHEREAS
it is widely reported that the Carpenters President Doug McCarron is now planning to take
the Carpenters Union out of the AFL-CIO; and
WHEREAS,
this would threaten the unleashing of a bloody civil war of raiding and counter-raiding as
well as hard feelings and increased conflict between the trades on the union jobs; now
therefore
BE
IT RESOLVED that this local goes on record as calling on General President McCarron to
openly announce any plans he might have on this issue; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this local opposes the withdrawal of the
Carpenters
from the AFL-CIO and calls on the union to immediately pay all back per capita tax; and
BE
IT FINALLY RESOLVED that this local calls for a new policy of fighting for the best wages
and conditions possible for all carpenters, all building trades workers and all working
people in general, rather than turn this union into "Carpenters, Inc." in a race
to the bottom for all workers.
I
urge other brothers and sisters to take up this resolution, or a similar one.
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