42nd International Convention – Las Vegas, NV (2016)

Amendments

  • 1. An Amendment Concerning Designation Of More Than One Member Of Convention Related Committees As Chairperson

  • 2. An Amendment To Update The United Domestic Workers Legislative District

  • 3. An Amendment To Permit The International President And Secretary-Treasurer To Transfer Funds Electronically

  • 4. An Amendment To Address The Central Collection Of Dues

  • 5. An Amendment Concerning The Use Of A Mail Ballot Referendum To Amend A Local Union Constitution

  • 6. An Amendment To Define Council To Include Organizing Committee, And Once Established In A Jurisdiction With An Existing Council, Allow Such Council To Be Dissolved Only When Practicable

  • 7. An Amendment Clarifying That The International President, With International Executive Board Approval, Names And Determines The Jurisdiction Of Retired Employee Chapters

  • 8. An Amendment To Require The Executive Board Of Any Subordinate Body That Suspends An Officer Or Staff Employee To Notify The Person In Writing Of Its Action

  • 9. An Amendment Confirming That The Constitution Of Every Subordinate Body Must Include A Provision Stating That It Is Subject To The International Union Constitution

  • 10. An Amendment To Clarify The Elections Code

Resolutions

  • 01. The Role of Unions in Building the Middle Class

  • 02. Addressing the Crisis in Higher Education

  • 03. Increase the Minimum Wage

  • 04. Infrastructure

  • 05. Increasing Lost-Timer Participation in Political Programs

  • 06. Political Candidate Accountability

  • 07. Protecting and Expanding the Right to Vote

  • 08. Resolution to Create a Convention Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resolutions

  • 10. Flint Water Crisis

  • 13. Fiscal Relief, Debt Restructuring and Puerto Rico Workers’ Pensions and Labor Rights Protection

  • 14. Strengthening Long Term Services and Supports

  • 15. Creating Jobs and Tax Revenue for Public Services with Cannabis Regulation and Legalization

  • 16. Preventing Workplace Violence

  • 17. Stop Corporate Tax Inversions

  • 18. Divest from Private Prisons, Reinvest in the People

  • 19. Urge Corporate Withdrawal from ALEC

  • 20. Divest from Carbon, Reinvest in People

  • 21. Pension Transparency for AFSCME

  • 22. Affiliation of Independent Unions and Associations

  • 23. Repeal the ACA’s Excise Tax on High Cost Health Plans

  • 24. Immigration Reform

  • 25. On-Demand Economy

  • 26. AFSCME Data Infrastructure

  • 27. Statehood for the District of Columbia

  • 30. Supporting Public and Affordable Housing

  • 31. Paid Parental and Sick Leave

  • 32. Pay Equity

  • 33. Strengthening Social Security

  • 34. Resolution Recognizing the Opiate Epidemic in the United States

  • 35. Support for Fallen Heroes

  • 36. Support for the LGBTQ Community

  • 37. The Risks of Climate Change

  • 38. Standing in Solidarity with AFSCME Members in Illinois

  • 40. Improving Access to Rural Health Care

  • 41. Doctors are Workers, Too

  • 42. Gun Violence Needs to be Treated as a Public Health Problem

  • 43. Convention Follow-up

  • 45. Resolution to Encourage Support of Constituency Group Participation by AFSCME Members by Sending Members to the Constituency Group National Conventions

  • 47. In Defense of Public Higher Education

  • 49. In Support of Affordable Housing

  • 50. National Health Service Corps Student Loan Repayment

  • 51. Racial Justice and Public Safety

  • 52. AFSCME Strong

  • 54. Building Our Union by Sharing Stories of How AFSCME Members Never Quit

  • 55. Support for a Comprehensive Approach to End Mass Shootings

  • 56. Senate Must End Obstruction and Vote on Judicial Nominees

  • 57. Using AFSCME Interpreters for International Union Events

  • 58. Resolution to Condemn the Attack on Los Angeles Civil Service Workers

  • 59. Elimination of the Unfair GPO and the WEP Provisions of the Social Security Act