Miami, FL
The election of our nation's President and Vice President in the fall of the year 2000 will be one of the most important national decisions Americans will be asked to make. Providing leadership as we begin the next millennium will require someone with a compelling vision for our nation and a commitment to the values of democracy and equality. The AFL-CIO will support the candidate for President who will exert the strongest leadership on behalf of working Americans, especially in the critical areas of jobs, fair trade, health care, retirement security, equal opportunity and education.
The AFL-CIO urges all its unions to continue our ongoing efforts to educate our members about the important national issues of concern to them and to their families. We will continue to take all appropriate steps to determine the opinion of our members on these issues and their views on the emerging race for President of the United States. We urge unions to use appropriate steps to determine the views of their members, including membership meetings and forums, surveys and polls.
The AFL-CIO Executive Council urges all its national union affiliates to refrain from making any endorsements of candidates during this period of member education and member input, at least prior to the meeting of the Executive Council now scheduled for early August 1999 in Chicago.