AFL-CIO Executive Council Meets on Workplace, Politics, Democracy

Among the actions at the AFL-CIO winter meeting this week in San Diego:

• CWA President Chris Shelton was named head of the International Committee.
• The Council endorsed the call for Democracy Awakening, a mass movement of thousands of people demanding that our democracy be restored. Shelton told the council that unless we fix our democracy, we won't be able to negotiate good contracts, organize and or gain legislation that we support. He said that CWA is committed to having 200 CWAers join in the protests from April 16-18 and encouraged other unions to participate.

Read the full statement here.

• The Executive Council expressed strong support for the "Workplace Action for a Growing Economy (WAGE) Act," to protect and expand workers' ability to organize without employer interference. The bill has been introduced by Representative Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.).

Read other AFL-CIO Executive Council statements here.