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The
following resolution was passed by the Seattle Longshore Pensioners
Club.
We
believe
it deserves consideration by the labor movement from
the top of the AFL-CIO on down. Please give it careful consideration.
A Call to Arms!
Resolution to Break out of Labor’s Isolation
WHEREAS:
LABOR has for
too long been held in isolation from public recognition, and
WHEREAS:
Nothing ever
gets done in the industry of America without LABOR'S critical role - LABOR DOES
THE WORK, and
WHEREAS:
LABOR has
built our country from the beginning, under almost unbearable exploitation, and
WHEREAS:
LABOR unions
have been the only effective force raising the living standards of workers and
others thereby making the American Dream possible, and
WHEREAS:
The enemies
of labor, giant corporations wallowing in corruption as they steal from the
people and the U.S. treasury, are the main enemy of LABOR, and
WHEREAS:
The Bush
administration and its media corruption have targeted LABOR for destruction, and
WHEREAS:
LABOR can play an essential and critical role in stopping further corporate
destruction of American living standards and ideals that undermine democracy,
and
WHEREAS:
LABOR can count on the support of larger and larger segments of the population
with the same anti-corporate goals, and
WHEREAS:
If LABOR fails to take the lead in countering corporate corruption of our
country, efforts to save the country will be critically weakened, and
WHEREAS:
Public recognition of LABOR will make possible real gains in labors' critically
needed organizing drives, therefore be it
RESOLVED: That the Seattle Longshore Pensioners Club go on record calling
upon Longshore Local 19, Seattle, to endorse this resolution and request the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the national AFL-CIO to launch a
massive public relations campaign to bring recognition of LABOR'S great but
neglected contribution to our country.
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