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37th International Convention Amendments and Resolutions

Amendments

• 1. An Amendment to Provide for Alternative Forms of Membership
  
• 2. An Amendment to Authorize the International Union to Establish Organizing Committees
  
• 3. An Amendment to Provide the Resources for the 21st Century Programs
  
• 4. An Amendment to Authorize Councils to Pay AFL-CIO Central Body Per Capita Tax on Behalf of their Affiliated Locals
  
• 5. An Amendment to Authorize Councils and Unaffiliated Local Unions to Send Representatives to Meetings
  
• 6. An Amendment to Authorize Councils and Unaffiliated Local Unions to Review the Finances of their Affiliated Subordinate Bodies
  
• 7. An Amendment to Authorize the International Union's PEOPLE Committee to Submit Resolutions Regarding the Implementation of the PEOPLE program for Consideration by Subordinate Bodies
  
• 8. An Amendment to Provide that the Chair of the AFSCME Retiree Council is a Non-voting Representative of the Retiree Council at Meetings of the International Executive Board
  

Resolutions

• 1. Oppose the Bush Healthcare Agenda
  
• 2. Reforming Government Contracting To Protect Against Privatization Problems
  
• 3. Fix Medicare’s Part D Prescription Drug Benefit
  
• 4. Protecting Retiree Health Care Benefits
  
• 5. AFSCME’s Health Care Reform Blueprint for 2007 and 2008
  
• 6. Opposing Proposals To Establish Sunset Commissions
  
• 7. Organizing Pension Power to Fight Corporate Abuse and Preserve Secure Retirements for Members
  
• 8. Pandemic Preparedness
  
• 9. Child Care is a Need and a Right
  
• 10. Opposition to Voter I.D. Programs
  
• 12. Support for Extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  
• 13. Sweatshops
  
• 14. Protecting our Public Schools
  
• 16. Support Our Troops and Veterans: End the War and Bring Them Home!
  
• 17. Expanding Federal Support for Child Care and Organizing Child Care Workers
  
• 18. An AFSCME Agenda for Corrections
  
• 19. Safe Staffing and Strong Unions in Healthcare
  
• 20. Employee Free Choice Act
  
• 21. Building Affiliate Communications Capacity
  
• 22. Ballot Initiatives
  
• 23. Strategic Planning
  
• 24. Wal-Mart
  
• 25. Maintaining America's Investment in the Head Start Program
  
• 26. Fighting Proposals to Privatize the Social Security
  
• 27. Civil Service Reform
  
• 29. Employment Security and the Workforce System
  
• 30. Unions Fight to Protect Injured Workers
  
• 31. Establishing a Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace Through Contract Negotiations
  
• 32. Fighting for Fair Federal Budget and Tax Policies
  
• 33. Funding Public Services and Infrastructure
  
• 35. Maximizing Use of the Internet for Member Communication and Activism and Projecting AFSCME's Vision to the World
  
• 37. Preserving Public Pension Plans
  
• 39. Privatization-Government for Sale
  
• 40. Protecting Labor Rights
  
• 42. Support from Public Officials for Organizing Campaigns
  
• 44. Organizing Hospital Workers
  
• 45. Absentee, Permanent Absentee and Early Voting
  
• 47. Recruiting and Training AFSCME Organizers and Volunteer Member Organizers
  
• 49. Supporting Quality, Affordable, and Safe Child Care
  
• 51. State Legislative Agenda
  
• 52. Environment
  
• 53. Fair Trade
  
• 54. Urge Congress to Enact Legislation Extending the Definition of “Immediate Family” Under the Family Medical Leave Act
  
• 56. The Emerging Workforce
  
• 59. Urge Congress to Enact Legislation Requiring Paid Family Medical Leave
  
• 60. Free Speech for Public Employees
  
• 63. Increasing Representation on Public Pension Plan Investment Boards
  
• 64. Scholarship Fund
  
• 66. Urge Congress to Enact Legislation Requiring Paid Parental Leave
  
• 67. Working Group on Conservative Members
  
• 71. Defend School Integration at the US Supreme Court and Save Brown V. Board of Education
  
• 74. PEOPLE Fundraising Goals for the 2008 Elections
  
• 75. AFSCME in the 21st Century
  
• 76. Organize for Power
  
• 77. Bringing AFSCME's Structure into the 21st Century
  
• 78. Member and Leadership Training and Development
  
• 79. An Rx for the Health Care Crisis
  
• 80. People Power
  
• 81. Building Respect and Support for Public Services and Public Service Workers
  
• 82. 2006 Comprehensive Immigration Reform
  
• 83. Defeat Ward Connerly
  
• 84. Labor Unity
  
• 85. Investigate the Actions of President George W. Bush
  
• 89. Opposing Privatization of Public Services
  
• 90. Support for Gateway Workers
  
• 91. Supporting Public Service Workers and Services in New Orleans
  
• 93. Supporting the Legalization of Medical Marijuana
  

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