A
CALL FOR
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Amend the Constitution
to Guarantee Everyone
a Job at a Living Wage
Pay Laid-Off Workers
Two Months
Severance for Every
Year of Service
Restore Workers
Rights to Organize,
Bargain and Strike
End Bigotry:
An Injury to One
Is an Injury to All
Guarantee Universal
Access to Quality
Health Care
More Time
for Family
and Community
Protect
Our Families
Ensure Everyone
Access to Quality
Public Education
Stop Corporate
Abuse of Trade
End Corporate
Welfare As
We Know It
Make the Wealthy
Pay Their Fair Share
of Taxes
Revitalize the
Public Sector
End Corporate
Domination of
Elections
Build a Just
Transition
Movement
to Protect Jobs
and the
Environment
Enforce Safety &
Health Regulation
with Worker
Inspectors
Reclaim the
Workplace:
Job Design,
Technology
and Skill
LABOR PARTY
DOCUMENTS
from the First
Constitutional
Convention
Resolution:
Just Healthcare
Resolution:
Workplace Bill of Rights
Resolution:
Fair Trade Campaign
Resolution:
Protect Social Security
Organizing Resolution:
LP Style of Work
Organizing Resolution:
Change the Party Structure
Organizing Resolution:
More LP Campaigns
General Resolutions
and Solidarity
A Call for Economic Justice:
The Labor Party Program
Labor Party
Constitution
Labor Party
Implementation Agreement |
CONTENTS
Feature
Story
Set
to Organize!
1,414 delegates resolve to bring dramatic growth and increased activism to the
Labor Party at the LP's First Constitutional Convention in Pittsburgh ...
Chapters Convene
Labor Party Documents
The resolutions and documents acted on by the First Constitutional
Convention are available in the LP Documents area
(and listed at left).
Labor
Party People:
Conversations with ... |
- Larry
Adams
Pres., Mailhandlers Union Local 300
- Ron
Baker
Organizing Director, UMWA
- Terry
Bouricius
State Representative, Progressive Party, Vermont
- Bob
Brown
Labor Party Organizer, Mid-Atlantic Region
- Ed
Bruno
Labor Party Organizer, New England Region
- Shirley
Faircloth
A CNA convention delegate; retired nurse
- Mike
Hendry
Pres., OCAW Local 7-517
- David
Kitchen
Chief Plant Steward, UE Local 506
- Richard
Monje
Works with UNITE's Midwest Joint Board
- Kim
Moody
Director, Labor Notes
- Rita
Shaw
Member, LP Seattle Chapter and the Transport Communications Union
- Brenda
Stokely
Pres., AFSCME Local 215
- Gaylon
Tyler
Member, Kensington Welfare Rights Union
- David
Walters
Member, LP Golden Gate Chapter and the IBEW
|
Convention Speakers |
- Cecil
Roberts
Pres., United Mine Workers of America
'We've got to take our power back '
- Buzz
Hargrove
Pres., Canadian Auto Workers
'There is a class war here'
- Ralph
Nader
Consumer Advocate
'We've got the seeds of a great political
party ...'
- Henry
Nicholas
Pres., 1199C/American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
'The labor movement needs you'
- Michael
Moore
Filmmaker, author
'Let's be the second party'
- George
Becker
Pres., United Steel Workers of America
'NAFTA is the greatest betrayal of workers in
my lifetime'
|
In
Massachusetts:
Just
Healthcare
Wins at Polls
Capitol
Hill Shop Steward
Who Can You Trust?
Press
Coverage:
Labor Party Gets Ink
Labor
Party Art:
Two Worlds
On-line
Flier:
Labor Party's
Action Program
Convention
Work:
Thanks!
Photo: © Michael Kaufman, Impact Visuals |
Labor
Party Press
Volume Four,
Number One
January, 1999
Published six times a year in January,
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Recording Secretary-Treasurer:
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Art Director:
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Contributing Editors:
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Artists:
Gary Huck, Mike Konopacki, Bill Yund
Photographers:
Lynne Baker, Rob Spencer; Impact Visuals: Harvey Finkle, Michael Kaufman
Special thanks to
The Labor Institute
This web issue:
Rick Peduzzi
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