Join Labor on September 29

      

Labor for Sept 29th, 2007

SIGN ON NOW!

      

Sept. 29 -- March on Washington to
      Stop the War,

      Bring the Troops Home Now!
      Money for Jobs, Education, Healthcare and Housing, Not War
      Stop the War Funding

Add your name to the signers list

We urge our fellow trade unionists to join us on Sept. 29th and to
participate in an encampment in front of the Capitol from Sept. 22-29 to
demand no war funding.

Labor's voice must be heard on the crucial issue of the war especially at a time when our rights are under attack from the right to organize to pensions, healthcare, mortgage foreclosures, job security and wages. Solidarity is more important than ever.

On Sept. 29, we will be joining the cast of "SiCKO" and healthcare advocates who are forming a giant contingent to demand healthcare for all; veterans and active duty GI's who are courageously speaking out; Katrina/Rita survivors who are still fighting for their long over due rights; immigrant workers who are facing unfair deportations; students and youth who are questioning the injustice of the war; and the tens of thousands of other people who simply want the troops home now.

You can help.

Add your name to the growing list of trade unionists; get your union to endorse or to pass a resolution in support; send a bus or buses; donate to help others get to Washington D.C.

In solidarity,

Frantz Mendes, President, United Steel Workers, Lo. 8751 Boston School Bus Drivers David Sole, President, UAW Lo. 2334 Detroit, Michigan Brenda Stokely, Million Worker March Movement, NE region co-chair Clarence Thomas, Co-chair, Million Worker March Movement Ed Gorham, President, Maine State AFL-CIO Chris Silvera, Secretary Treasurer, Teamsters Local 808 Andre Powell, Delegate Baltimore, Maryland AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Martha Grevatt, Trustee, UAW Lo. 122* Cleveland Frank Kadi, Portland Chapter President, Maine State Employees Union Sharon Danann, Delegate, American Federation of Government Employees Lo. 2089 Peter Kellman, President, So. Maine Central Labor Council Pam Parker, Cultural Worker/AFM Lo. 1000 & CWA/WNG Lo. 32035 Ed Childs, Chief Steward, UNITE/HERE Lo. 26 Harvard Cafeteria Workers Sharon Black, member UFT, Labor coordinator TONC Steve Gillis, Vice President, USW Lo. 8751 Boston School Bus Drivers Steve Kirschbaum, USW Lo.8751, Boston School Bus Drivers Mike Gimbel, Delegate New York City Central Labor Council, Lo. 375 DC 37 AFSCME<   (Executive Board of DC 37 and Lo. 375 have endorsed the Sept 29th March and Encampment) Hank Sambach, Executive Board, New York Public Library Guild, Lo. 1930 DC 37 AFSCME   (Executive Board of Lo.1930 has endorsed the Sept 29th March and Encampment) Dave Welsh, delegate, San Francisco Labor Council, Letter Carriers Union Local #214   (San Francisco Labor Council has endorsed the Sept 29th March and Encampment) Susan E. Davis, National Writers Union, UAW Lo. 1981, Nat'l Contract Advisor Craig Jordan, Vice President, Plumbers & Pipefitters Lo. 716 Maine Sue Kelly, Secretary Treasurer, Lo. 334 OPEIU Liza Green, member AFSCME 3650, Harvard Union of Clerical & Technical Workers Frank Neisser, CWA Lo. 1701* John Napolitano, Business Agent Plumbers & Pipefitters Lo. 716 Susan Schnur, Special Rep. Paratransit, Amalgamated Union Lo. 268 Wayne Poland, President (retired) APWU Margaret Bogart, Executive Board APWU Lo. 458 Lois Kilby-Chesley, Vice President, Maine Education Association Michael Eilenfeldt, Delegate New York Central Labor Council, NYSUT (Lo. has endorsed the march) Vanessa Silvestri, Staff, Maine State Nurses Association Mark Bailey, member UAW Lo. 1050/Seminary Student, United Christ* *for id only

_(add your name to the growing list)_
<http://www.troopsoutnow.org/labor4S29/labor4S29endorse.shtml>

*Please add you name to the growing list of trade union and labor
leaders, activists and organizers _here_
<http://www.troopsoutnow.org/labor4S29/labor4S29endorse.shtml>*.

*You can help!
_Donate NOW_ <http://www.troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml>.
Funds are needed to help pay for buses, flyers, mailings, food, sound, and
logistics.*

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Resolution Supporting Fall Anti-war Activities

*Whereas*, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor has expressed its opposition to the ongoing occupation in Iraq and military operations in Afghanistan; and

*Whereas*, these conflicts continue unabated, and over 3700 US troops and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and fighters opposed to the occupation have lost their lives, and countless others have been wounded, and

*Whereas*, the costs of the war, both in its operation and expected costs in healthcare and benefits for returning troops is projected to be< over 1 trillion dollars, while other pressing human needs at home such as healthcare, education, housing, and disaster recovery (such as Katrina) are neglected and under funded, and

*Whereas*, major labor leaders have recently condemned the actions of the Iraqi Oil Minister in declaring public trade unions illegal, adding to the attacks on workers in that country,

*Whereas*, President Bush and the Congress continue to fund the war despite the fact that over 60% of the American public feels we should bring our troops home from Iraq, and

*Whereas*, several national, regional, and local organizations are calling for a variety of anti-war campaigns, educational programs, and mobilization efforts this fall, designed to put more pressure on the administration to end these conflicts,

*Therefore, let it be resolved* that the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor renew its call for the immediate beginning of the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, and

*Resolved*, that the Federation promote and endorse fall anti-war activities, specifically the September 15th, September 29th, and October 27th national, regional and local mobilizations, and the September 22-29 Tent-Cities at the Westwood and Downtown Federal Buildings; and

*Resolved*, that the Federation will encourage its affiliates and
members to break their daily routine and to take some action to end the
war, such as organizing programs in their workplaces or union halls, the
wearing of armbands, and other forms of participation in the Iraq
Moratorium, beginning on September 21, 2007, and continuing on the third
Friday of each subsequent month.

Finally *Resolved*, that the Federation will publish this resolution and
circulate it to its affiliates and members through its various
communication vehicles, and send copies to other county federations, the
CA State Federation and the AFL-CIO, urging them to adopt similar motions.

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For more information contact: Labor 4 Sept 29th, c/o Troops Out Now Coalition
Phone (212) 633-6646 or Sharon Black, Labor coordinator for TONC (410)
218-4835 (cell phone) 55 W. 17th Street, 5th Floor, New York City, New
York 10011 labor4s29@safewebmail.com <mailto:labor4s29@safewebmail.com>
http://www.troopsoutnow.org/labor4S29