35th International Convention Amendments and Resolutions

Amendments

    Resolutions

      1. Affordable health care for all
      2. Labor law refom: It's time for a new deal
      3. Opposing charitable choice
      4. Unsung heroes: Recognizing classified school employees
      5. Home care worker organizing
      6. Minimum wage
      7. Stopping domestic violence at work
      8. Continuing the fight against privatization
      9. Increasing member participation in organizing campaigns
      10. Retaining veterans job services in the U.S. Department of Labor
      11. Joint training and workforce development program
      12. AFSCME strategic plan for the future
      13. Developing a union agenda for shaping change in government
      14. Employment security and the workforce system
      15. Election Reform
      16. Stop General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) expansion
      17. PEOPLE checkoff
      18. Continuing the fight to bring collective bargaining rights to all public workers
      19. Collective bargaining rights for federal employees
      20. Collective Bargaining
      21. Professional liability emergency
      22. Nursing home staffing standards
      23. AFSCME Latino initiative
      24. Contraceptive equity
      25. Running successful contract campaigns
      26. Opposing recommendations of President Bush's Commission on Social Security
      27. AFSCME and corrections: Here to stay
      28. Civil service reform
      29. Retiree pension system PEOPLE checkoff
      30. Recovery of federal employment rights for state workers
      31. Transportation funding
      32. Establish a national conference for transportation employees
      33. Suburban sprawl and smart growth
      34. Transportation of nuclear waste
      35. Opposing mandatory overtime for nurses
      36. Unemployment insurance devolution
      37. AFSCME Stewards In Action training program
      38. PEOPLE training and education
      39. Public library services
      40. Higher education
      41. Self determination for Tibet
      42. Adoption support enhancements
      43. Addressing health care worker shortages
      44. Funding and standards for child care
      45. Support living wage legislation
      46. Fair bargaining laws
      47. Revised drug testing laws
      48. Organizing law enforcement workers
      49. Eating disorder research (anorexia nervosa and bulimia)
      50. Economic and social issues facing domestic partners
      51. Preserving and strengthening Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
      52. Violence in social service workplaces
      53. Support for federal law enforcement legislation
      54. Opposing "takeovers" of public schools
      55. Equal protection for all Head Start employees
      56. Head Start programs
      57. Emergency preparedness in the workplace
      58. Voter registration
      59. Social service caseloads
      60. Defending civil and union rights
      61. Protecting Indian children and families
      62. Transitional jobs
      63. Labor needs an independent voice in the media
      64. Independent political action to defend our jobs and services
      65. Civil rights
      66. The crisis in prescription drugs
      67. Fighting the Bush agenda
      68. Meeting the challenges of the 2004 elections and a new political environment
      69. No more Enrons
      70. Protecting quality public services during a fiscal crisis
      71. Organizing jurisdictions
      72. AFSCME structure — multi-affiliate states
      73. Mobilizing members for the Labor 2002 program
      74. Increased protection for trade unionists in Colombia
      75. Commitment of all AFSCME councils and locals to organizing
      76. Target 5000: When workers run, workers win
      77. Immigrant workers issues
      78. Secession
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