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… international and national union affiliates, state federations and local labor councils, embarked on an ambitious program to strengthen the American union movement in 1997. Union Cities challenged local labor movements to rally around a common agenda of supporting organizing, taking grassroots political action, building community-labor … and local unions. Central labor councils on the road to Union Cities have now created high standards for which their work can be evaluated by the Executive Council and that serve as an example for local union communities. These standards …

… Angeles, CA Last year, the AFL-CIO launched an ambitious Campaign for Global Fairness—a multi-year, multi-issue campaign to build international solidarity, educate our members, incorporate workers' rights into international trade and investment … agreements, and hold corporations accountable for their actions globally and locally. This year, we will take our work on global fairness into new arenas with renewed vigor and focus. We will launch a major campaign, together with our … the FTAA instead seeks to extend the most problematic aspects of NAFTA—the investment measures, including the corporate right to sue governments. In addition, FTAA negotiators are likely to incorporate the very broad service sector coverage laid …

… statement was approved by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 2001. The AFL-CIO is committed to working with President-elect Bush and his administration to advance the interests and well-being of working Americans and … issues. Most of the nominees do not support our agenda to benefit working families. But we have confidence that we can work together to find common ground, and recognize that it is divisive as well as self-defeating to refuse to support … We believe it is the job of ordinary citizens to pass final judgement on cabinet appointees, just as it is our legal right to elect the president and members of the U.S. Congress. The working men and women and the unions of the AFL-CIO will, …

… and their allies in labor, religious, civil rights and community groups, demanding an opportunity for undocumented workers to move out of the shadows and continue their contributions in their workplaces and communities without fear and  with the … have embraced immigrant workers and their families, establishing day labor centers to ensure a decent wage for hard work, facilitating easier access to driver's licenses, and investing in the future by helping more immigrant children attend … behavior that exploits workers for commercial gain; immigrant workers should have full workplace rights, including the right to organize and protections for whistleblowers; labor and business together should design mechanisms to meet legitimate …

… CA The 2000 Presidential election was decided in the State of Florida. Through intimidation of minority voters going to the polls, inadequate voting equipment in poor and minority polling places, confusing ballots, erroneous voting … rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, the will of Florida voters was ignored and the state's 25 electoral votes were given to George Bush. The labor movement in general, and AFSCME in particular, were engaged in this election as never before. Labor … Day, unions, along with civil rights organizations, which were also critical in boosting voter turnout, led the charge to "count every vote." The new president, the leadership in Congress, and the Governor of Florida know this full well. AFSCME …