Convention Resolution
Resolution 20: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Labor Movement Now and for the Future
… of young workers are reflected in the work of our movement. The AFL-CIO has emphasized diversity when recruiting and training new organizers and leaders. In 2005, the AFL-CIO’s Leadership Institute set a goal of ensuring that half of each … than half (53%) were under 40, and 41% of the class were people of color. This emphasis on and success in diversity, in training emerging leaders, is essential to building diversity in our movement now and for the future. Similarly, the … been female, and 60% have been students of color. Forty percent of participants in the Organizing Institute’s three-day training program have been women, and 40% people of color. The labor movement’s lawyers have demonstrated their commitment to …