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How the AFL-CIO Stood Up Against the War - Next Labor Beat

Last July, for the first time ever, the AFL-CIO passed a resolution opposing an ongoing war (the war in Iraq). Here's how that happened. Cablecast information and also how to order dvd.
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Resolution 53: How the AFL-CIO Stood Up Against the War
Next Labor Beat


CAN-TV, Chicago cable tv Channel 19
Thurs., Oct. 20, 9:30 pm
Fri., Oct. 21, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Oct. 27, 9:30 pm
Fri., Oct. 28, 4:30 pm

This new Labor Beat documentary follows the story of the creation of a moment in labor history. At its 2005 Convention, the AFL-CIO for the first time passed a resolution against an ongoing war--the war in Iraq. The video shows the preparations to this breakthrough, of how U.S. Labor Against the War worked at the Convention to strengthen the Resolution Committee’s initially weak resolution. It shows how USLAW used the momentum of its 2005 Iraq Labor Tour and the 18 anti-war resolutions passed by labor bodies around the country; how Resolution 53 was amended; how the discussion was moved up to a prominent point of the Convention agenda through Jesse Jackson’s call to “bring the troops home”; how Resolution 53 was debated on the Convention floor; and the celebratory Iraq Forum, with labor representatives from Iraq and Kurdistan immediately after the resolution passed.

"Resolution 53: How the AFL-CIO Stood Up Against the War" captures two days in July 2005 that will be remembered as a turning point in labor's fight against the war. The video is narrated, and is 28 minutes.

Copies of "Resolution 53: How the AFL-CIO Stood Up Against the War" (specify DVD or VHS) are available for $15 each, by mailing a check made out to “Labor Beat”. Mail to: Labor Beat, 37 S. Ashland, Chicago, IL 60607. More info: mail (at) laborbeat.org, 312-226-3330.

The video can also be ordered via PayPal by going to www.laborbeat.org

Photo caption: Fred Mason, head of Washington, D.C. AFL-CIO, makes a motion during the debate on Resolution 53
 
 

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