LCLAA 17TH NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CONVENTION

ORLANDO, FL

AUGUST 4-8, 2008

RESOLUTIONS:

1. Equal Rights for Farmworkers in New York.......................................................................

2. Support Efforts of Blue Diamond Workers to Join International Longshore and Warehouse Union

(ILWU) and Urge Blue Diamond to Agree to a Free and Fair Vote.............................................

3. Campaign for the Right Not to Migrate/ Campaña por el Derecho a No Emigrar..............................

4. Support the Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act

(H.R.6180/S.3083) .....................................................................................................

5. Protect Trade Unionists and Oppose the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the U.S. and Colombia

6. Urging for National Health Insurance for All and Passage of H.R. 676, The United States National

Health Insurance Act ...................................................................................................

7. Demand Full Enforcement and Increased Safety and Health Standards at the Workplace....................

8. Secure the Nation's Head Start Program.............................................................................

9. Support Quality, Affordable and Safe Child Care..................................................................

10. Urge Congress to End the Fair Labor Standards Exemption for Home Care Workers........................

11. Increase Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCBG) Funding .........................................

12. Sustained Wage Increases and Training for Direct Care Workers...............................................

13. National Anti-Workplace violence Strategy for Locals Employed by Non-Profit Employers...............

14. Increase Food Stamps for Seniors.....................................................................................

15. Support Retirement of Roberto Clemente's #21 from Major League Baseball (MLB)........................

16. Support a National Holiday Honoring Farmworker Leader Cesar E. Chavez on his birthday March 31st

17. No War on Iran..........................................................................................................

18. Support IUPAT and Sheet Metal Workers International Association on the Building Justice Campaign

19. New York State Domestic Workers Bill of Rights..................................................................

20. Support Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).......................................................

21. Support for Global Solidarity Among Workers Through Global Unions........................................

22. Support of Clean and Safe Ports and Trucking Jobs...............................................................

23. Support Renewable Energy, Environmental Justice, and Green Jobs............................................

24. Support Foreclosure Assistance and an Expansion of Affordable Housing ....................................

25. Oppose the Expansion of NAFTA/CAFTA Trade Models........................................................

26. Support Increased Funding for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Worker Retraining Programs

for Workers Displaced by Flawed Trade Policy....................................................................

27. Support FLOC and Justice for Tobacco Harvesters...............................................................

28. CINTAS Employment Problems.....................................................................................

29. Reaffirm Support for Panamanian Port Workers Displaced by Carter/Torrijos Panama Canal Agreement

30. Resolution Calling for an Immediate Moratorium on All Raids..................................................

31. Resolution Calling for a Termination of Schwarzenegger's Wage Cuts.........................................