NATIONAL LCLAA 2010 NATIONAL CONVENTION
A RESOLUTION FOR BI-NATIONAL WORKERS SOLIDARITY
WHEREAS, the U.S. Government and its Latin American and
Caribbean puppets do nothing to seek solutions to the economic conditions in their countries, which continue to worsen
and dismantle the society while spreading violence and continuing to drive the constant flow of millions of immigrants
to the United States; and
WHEREAS, most immigrants come from countries where the
international development model has failed and many are from countries where the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank
and free trade policies have weakened the economy and labor protections, causing a devastating impact on all workers.
In all developing countries, IMF policies have caused public-sector workers to lose their jobs specifically in the electric,
mining, and education sectors in Mexico, and their union protections forcing them into competition in the private sector
where few if any jobs are available, driving down wages and working conditions even further; and
WHEREAS, since trade agreements such as the North American
Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
undermine the agricultural economies of developing countries, leading workers to leave the land migrating north, the pressure
to immigrate “illegally” will continue to increase; and
WHEREAS, migration policies of Latin American and Caribbean
governments take the
migration of their own workers as a solution to the crisis
they are facing while, at the same time, workers are denied the option and/or the right not to migrate, as the immigration
policy of the United States government constructs walls at its borders to thwart immigration and internally conducts
raids and deportations of undocumented workers, through policies like 287 (g), E-Verify, Secure Communities, the Guest Worker
Program H2A Visa, and more recently with the SB1070 law in Arizona; and
WHEREAS, immigrant workers are not criminals, they are
part of the working class of the United States and their work helps in the production of goods and wealth; therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that LCLAA will encourage and promote, through
all possible channels, a change in United States’ policy toward the Western hemisphere by promoting policies based
on the national sovereignty of States and the development of Latin American and Caribbean economies respecting State
ownership of companies that exploit natural resources (gas, oil, and minerals), increase production and employment, agrarian
reform policies that root farmers to their homeland; in short, helping to increase living standards for workers and the
poor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that LCLAA calls for the repeal
of NAFTA & CAFTA as
repressive measures against workers and undocumented communities
in the United States, in NATIONAL LCLAA 2010 NATIONAL CONVENTION
addition, such programs as: 287(g), E-Verify, Secure Communities,
and the SB1070 law in Arizona, etc; and,
BE IT FURTHERED RESOLVED that LCLAA opposes the creation
of new Temporary
Worker, Guest Worker Programs, and any indentured servitude
slave system; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that LCLAA will fight so that undocumented
workers have full rights like the rest of the American working-class.
Respectfully submitted,
Sacramento LCLAA Chapter
REFERED TO THE COMMITTEE: ______________________________________
CONCURRENCE: __________x___________________________
NON-CONCURRENCE: ________________________________
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NATIONAL LCLAA 2010 NATIONAL
CONVENTION
A RESOLUTION TO TERMINATE GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER’S
MINIMUM WAGE EXECUTIVE ORDER
WHEREAS, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cynical and retaliatory
executive order to terminate thousands of state workers’ employment and to slash California state workers’
salaries to Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour is a senseless diversion designed to shift blame from the California
Legislature’s failure to balance the California budget, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s failure to provide
leadership and protection to California State Workers, small business, and citizens who depend on California State Services;
and
WHEREAS, California State Workers and citizens of the state are outraged at Governor
Schwarzenegger’s plan to slash state workers’ pay to $7.25 per hour as they rally frequently
all over the state, telling the Governor that workers will not be used and abused, whether in a political budget
game or otherwise; and
WHEREAS, California is in crisis while gas costs and home foreclosures are rising, home values are
plummeting, and health insurance and employment loss increasing, the Governor has failed to partner with all unions,
and to make conditions better in California and is now trying to use state workers as pawns in a political game to get
California’s budget passed as he fully understands the harm toward Californians; and
WHEREAS, such draconian measures threaten to seriously damage the lives of hundreds of thousands
of workers and their families, preventing them from maintaining their homes, their children’s education and their
way of life; and
WHEREAS, this order would force public servants into a state of duress, causing them to choose between
paying their mortgages, rent, or pay their cost of living expenses, in addition to choosing between feeding their
families, or, signing a contract that denies them their labor rights while undermining the spirit of collective bargaining;
and
WHEREAS, California Controller, John Chiang, has taken a commendable stand in support of state
workers and Californians by refusing to process minimum-wage paychecks stating “he won’t follow the order
unless a court tells him too” and calling these cuts “political tricks”; and
WHEREAS, California public, city, county, state and federal government workers are the
backbone of essential public services for the citizens of California, and deserve a fair wage for
a fair day’s work; therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that National LCLAA will fully support and mobilize
it’s allied federations’, AFL-CIO & Change To Win (CTW), in partnership and in support of those unions
who have already launched their bargaining campaign in their fight to nullify Governor Schwarzenegger’s executive
order; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any governor
or politician who dictates policies that balance any US State’s budget on the backs of working people and their
families, and uses workers as pawns in a political budget game must be held accountable; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
intentions to play with workers lives and livelihood will not be tolerated in California, nor shall his retaliatory and unethical
practices, and they must be condemned and he must be held accountable; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that LCLAA’s National Executive Board and its convention
membership shall write letters of condemnation to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
condemning his Minimum Wage Executive Order and the Executive Board shall request the AFL-CIO
and CTW Federation do the same.
Respectfully submitted,
Sacramento City LCLAA Chapter
REFERED TO THE COMMITTEE: ______________________________________
CONCURRENCE: _____________________x________________
NON-CONCURRENCE: ________________________________
