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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 ::
Carpenters Democratic Union International A Rank-and-File Message to AFL-CIO'S National Officers
We, rank-and-file carpenters, auto workers and members of other unions, traveled hundreds of miles to come to AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, because we are deeply concerned about what's happening to the labor movement and the nation's working people. We came here in good faith on March 3 to talk to our national officers, because we thought they would be interested and benefit from listening to our experiences and suggestions. We requested that they meet with our delegation inside the headquarters at 2:30 p.m., after we had completed our one-hour rally.
Sad to say, they indignantly refused to meet with us. In a letter to Ken Little, organizer of the Carpenters for a Democratic Union International (CDUI), Leonard Gold, AFL-CIO associate counsel, wrote: "We deny any permission for you or they to associate or otherwise assemble on AFL-CIO property, nor will any AFL-CIO representative meet with anyone . . ."------------------------------------------- posted 9:08 PM :: reference link ::
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