LABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT                                     “El Consejo Sindical para el Progreso de los Latino Americanos” “La Voz Unida”                          AFL-CIO Sacramento LCLAA Chapter LCLAA 18th National Membership Convention THE NATIONAL LCLAA CONVENTION August 3, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada   Resolution:  Bi-National Workers Solidarity Resolution   CONSIDERANDO: Que el gobierno de Estados Unidos y sus títeres de América Latina y el Caribe no hacen nada por buscar solución a las condiciones económicas de sus países, que a la vez continúan empeorando junto a la desarticulación y la violencia social, impulsando sin cesar la emigración hacia Estados Unidos;   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 and spread violence, continuing to drive constant flow of millions of immigrants to the United States; and,   CONSIDERANDO: Que la mayoría de los inmigrantes vienen de países donde el modelo de desarrollo ha fracasado, y muchos son de países donde el FMI, el Banco Mundial y las políticas de liberación del mercado han desmantelado las economías de esos países y la protección de los derechos laborales, causando un impacto devastador sobre todos los trabajadores. Las políticas del FMI han provocado que los trabajadores del sector público pierdan sus trabajos (como trabajadores eléctricos, los mineros, y los maestros de México) y la protección legal, así forzándolos a competir en el sector privado donde los trabajos son escasos, bajando el nivel de los salarios. El TLC ha socavado las economías basadas en la agricultura y los campesinos han tenido que abandonar la tierra para emigrar hacia el norte. La presión para inmigrar “ilegalmente” continuara aumentando;       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.  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,   CONSIDERANDO: Que las políticas migratorias de los gobiernos de América Latina y del Caribe toman la emigración de sus propios trabajadores como solución a la crisis económica que enfrentan, sin la opcion Por El Derecho de No Migrar, al mismo tiempo que la política migratoria del gobierno de Estados Unidos pone un muro de contención a la migración en sus fronteras y a lo interno realiza redadas y deportaciones de los trabajadores indocumentados, mediante la política del Programa 287 (g), E-Verify, Comunidades Seguras, Programa de Trabajadores Huéspedes, y más recientemente con la Ley SB1070 en Arizona;   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, at the same time, workers are denied the option and or the right not to migrate, while the immigration policy of the United States government is to construct 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,   CONSIDERANDO: Que los trabajadores inmigrantes son parte de la clase trabajadora en Estados Unidos y no criminales y que con su labor ayudan a la producción de bienes y riquezas;   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; and,     RESUELVE: La Convención Nacional de LCLAA 2010 promoverá por todos sus medios posibles un cambio en las políticas del gobierno de los Estados Unidos hacia el Hemisferio Occidental promoviendo políticas con base a la soberanía nacional de los países, y el desarrollo de las economías latinoamericanas y caribeñas con base al respeto de la propiedad estatal de las empresas que explotan los recursos naturales (gas, petróleo, minerales), al aumento de la producción y del empleo, promover políticas de reforma agraria que enraícen a los campesinos en su tierra. En resumen, ayudando a aumentar los estándares de vida para los trabajadores y los pobres;   RESOLVED: The National Convention of LCLAA 2010 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,   RESUELVE: La Convención Nacional de LCLAA exige la derogación de el TLC Y CAFTA y todos los programas represivos contra los trabajadores y las comunidades indocumentadas en Estados Unidos como los programas 287 (g), E-Verify, Comunidades Seguras, Ley SB1070 de Arizona, etc.;   RESOLVED: The National Convention of LCLAA calls for the repeal of NAFTA & CAFTA as repressive measures against workers and undocumented communities in the United States, in addition, such programs as:  287(g), E-Verify, Secure Communities, and the SB1070 law in Arizona, etc; and,   RESUELVE: Nos oponemos en el apoyar Programas de Trabajadores Temporales y Huespedes (Braceros);   RESOLVED: That National LCLAA opposes any new Temporary Worker, Guest Worker Programs, and any indentured servitude slave system; and,      RESUELVE POR ULTIMO: La convención nacional LCLAA luchará para que los trabajadores indocumentados tengan derechos plenos, como el resto de la clase trabajadora documentada, y cualquiere systema de esclavitude;    LET IT BE FINALLY RESOLVED: LCLAA will fight so that undocumented workers have full rights like the rest of the American working-class. LABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT                                     “El Consejo Sindical para el Progreso de los Latino Americanos” “La Voz Unida”                          AFL-CIO LCLAA-Sacramento Chapter Resolution Resolution:   TERMINATE GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S MINIMUM WAGE EXECUTIVE ORDER THE 18th LCLAA NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CONVENTION August 3, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada   Resolution:  Terminate Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Minimum Wage Executive Order  Whereas, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cynical and retaliatory and mean spirited Executive Order to terminate thousands of state workers employment and to slash California state workers’ salaries to Federal minimum wage of $7.25 an 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 its California State Workers, small business, and citizens who depend on California State Services; and,  Whereas, California State Workers and citizens of State are outraged at Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to slash state workers’ pay to $7.25 per hour. California state workers are rallying frequently all over the state of California, telling the Governor that workers will not be used and abused, whether in a political budget game or otherwise; and,  Whereas, while gas costs and home foreclosures are rising, home values are plummeting and health insurance and employment loss increasing, California is in crisis, the Governor has failed to partner with all unions, and failed to make conditions better in California and is now trying to use state workers as pawns in a political game to get the California’s budget passed, while fully understanding 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 public servants to choose between paying their mortgages, rent, 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, and has refused to process minimum-wage paychecks stating “he won’t follow the order unless a court tells him too” and calling this outrage “political tricks”; and, Whereas, California public, city, county, state and federal government workers are the backbone of providing essential public services to the citizens of California, and deserve a fair wage for a fair day’s work; and,  Therefore Be It Resolved, that National LCLAA will fully support and mobilize it’s allied federation’s, 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 its effects; and,  Therefore Be It Resolved, any governor or politician who dictates policies that balances any US State’s budget on the backs of working people and their families, and uses workers as pawns in a political budget game, as stated by State California Controller, John Chiang, as “political tricks”, such persons must be held accountable; and,  Therefore Be It Resolved, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger playing with workers lives and livelihood will not be tolerated in California, nor shall his retaliatory and unethical practices, and must be condemned and held accountable; and,  Therefore Be Resolved, LCLAA National Executive Board and its convention membership shall write letters of condemnation, and LCLAA National Executive Board shall also request the AFL-CIO and CTW Federation to also send letters of condemnation to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger condemning his Minimum Wage Executive Order.

http://www.lclaa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205&Itemid=115