WHEREAS:

Delegates to the 2006 AFSCME International Convention passed the Power to Win plan and created the AFSCME Leadership Academy to develop and train current and future activists, leaders and staff of our union to be effective advocates, to organize new members and to elect politicians and hold them accountable; and

WHEREAS:
The Local Union Leadership Academy was launched in 2008 to give local union leaders the knowledge and tools to build strong, active, effective local unions and is being piloted in AFSCME affiliates across the country; and

WHEREAS:
Hundreds of local unions and chapters have recruited their entire leadership team to participate in the Academy, and almost 3,000 local union leaders have now graduated from the Local Union Leadership Academy; and

WHEREAS:
Affiliate staff and rank and file leaders across the country have become skilled facilitators and instructors for the Local Union Leadership Academy and are providing support for local unions in implementing the Power to Win plan at the local level.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
That the International Union continue the AFSCME Leadership Academy to develop the knowledge, skills and abilities of AFSCME leaders, activists and staff; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That this convention recognizes and congratulates the local union leaders who have stepped up to participate in the Local Union Leadership Academy, made improvements in their local unions and chapters, and achieved Power to Win goals at the local level; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That this convention commends the affiliates that have partnered with the International Union to implement the Local Union Leadership Academy and the staff and leaders who have gone the extra mile and volunteered their time and talent as instructors; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED:
That each council and unaffiliated local that has not yet done so, will work with the Education Department to launch the Local Union Leadership Academy in order to build local union capacity and achieve the Power to Win goals.
 
 
SUBMITTED BY: 
Eddie L. Parks, President and Delegate
Kathy Stewart, Secretary-Treasurer and Delegate
OCSEA/AFSCME Local 11
Ohio