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AFSCME Council 92 of
the Greater Baltimore and Metropolitan DC Area Has Endorsed
the March.
AFSCME COUNCIL 92
represents 30,000 state workers in Maryland and is the largest
of the only two AFSCME COUNCIL'S.
Andre Powell has reported to the Baltimore-DC Regional Million
Worker March Committee that the vote by AFSCME Council 92
to endorse the March passed overwhelmingly. Although some
oppostion was expected, noe was seen. In fact, long-time members
raised their hands to say, "we have to make sure that
we have busesfrom the council on the 17th...". Another
person raised their hand and stated "AFSCME has to form
a subcommittee"
Coucil 92 is an affiliation of multiple AFSCME union locals.
This bodies endorsement represents the surging support for
the independnet mobilization of working people. From Texas
to Baltimore to New York, workers are organizing to demand
helathcare, housing and education. Please contact your local
Million Worker March Committee or form one of your own and
spread the word.
AFSCME District Council
37, New York City Endorses the Million Worker March
9/09/2004 - District Council 37 AFSCME, representing
125,000 municipal workers has endorsed the Million Worker
March! Local MWM organizers have been in contact with DC 37
leaders and have been invited to address local membership
meetings. District Council 37 is an associaition of many,
many AFSCME union locals throughout New York City.
US Green Party Endorse
the Million Worker March
9/9/2004 -(Washington, DC) The United States Green
Party has officially endorsed the Million Worker March. The
Coordinating Committee of the Green Party, in which 43 state
Green Parties are represented, voted overwhelmingly to endorse
the event.
APWU Endorses the
Million Worker March
The APWU is the world's largest postal union, representing
more than 330,000 USPS employees, and nearly 2,000 private-sector
mail workers.
For more than three decades, APWU has fought for dignity
and respect on the job for the workers we represent, as well
as for decent pay and benefits and safe working conditions.
As an AFL-CIO affiliate, the APWU supports the struggle for
social and economic justice for all working families.
NEA Endorsement
The National Education Association (NEA) with 12,000 delegates
present at the national convention in Washington, D.C. endorsed
resoundingly the Million Worker March in Washington, D.C.
on October 17,2004.
The Resolution was introduced by 50 delegates. The key organizer
was Andy Briggs of Los Angeles.
The NEA is the largest independent union in the United States
with 2.7 million members and its endorsement and call for
support represent a major advance in preparing for the Million
Worker March."
Text of the NEA endorsement letter:
National Education Association Endorses Million Worker March
July 7, 2004
The National Education Association (NEA), the largest independent
union in the United States, has endorsed the Million Workers
March, to be held October 17, 2004 in Washington, DC.
The NEA represents 2.7 million educators and educational
support personnel across the country. The 12,000 delegates
attending the annual Representative Assembly passed the following
motion during its deliberations July 6, 2004:
NEA will endorse and publicize the Million Workers March,
set for October 17, 2004 in Washington, DC; and encourage
locals and members to attend and/or participate in any way
possible, to support the reprioritization of federal spending
to education, health care and other social programs.
Rationale: Unions and independent workers organizations across
the country have endorsed and are mobilizing for the Million
Worker March. This march will support the rights of all to
organize for collective bargaining, a living wage for all,
and immigrant rights, as well as condemning the attacks on
organized labor, among other labor issues.
NEA now has joined with unions across the country, as well
as many labor organizations and individuals, to endorse this
historic national action to be held in the nation's capital
this fall.
Contact: Andy Griggs, 310-704-3217
www.nea.org
Letter to the National
Million Worker March Committee from Kimbal Urrutia, Executive
Director AFSCME Local 1550 Houston Texas
August 6, 2004
Million Worker March Committee
ILWU Local 10
400 North Point
San Francisco, CA 94133
Re: Endorsement for MWM
Dear Committee
I would like to inform you that AFSCME Local 1550 in Houston,
Texas will be endorsing the Million Worker March in Washington,
D.C on October 17, 2004. 1550 feels that the march is needed
to wake up all the politicians that they have been ignoring
workers needs for some time now.
I would also like to inform the committee that I; Kimbal Urrutia,
will also be endorsing the march. I serve as Vice President
of District 3 on the Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board; I am also
the Vice President of the Harris County AFL-CIO Council. I
will use all my labor political strength in the State of Texas
to turn out as many workers to participate in the march. I
will also openly call for an endorsement for the march by
the Texas and Harris County AFL-CIO.
Workers in Texas need to have their voices herd, and I would
not be fulfilling my obligation to them as a union leader
if Texas was not endorsing or participating in this powerful
stance.
Solidarity,
Kimbal Urrutia
Executive Director AFSCME Local 1550
Vice-President Dist. 3 Texas AFL-CIO
Vice President Harris County AFL-CIO Council
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