|
|
AFSCME endorses Hillary Clinton for President; West Coast AFSMCE councils oppose early endorsement
Posted
On: Oct 31, 2007 (13:53:19)
The AFSCME Executive Board voted today to endorse New York Senator Hillary Clinton as the democratic candidate for President of the United States. The vote was 23-10.
Northwest AFSCME International Vice Presidents, Greg Devereux (Washington Federation of State Employees) and Ken Allen (Oregon Council 75) both voted against the early endorsement and were joined by all west coast AFSCME affiliates who also voted against the proposal.
|
|
Health Care Reform
Posted
On: May 08, 2007 (11:57:35)
Our national problem with healthcare requires a comprehensive
solution that only federal action can provide. The AFL-CIO Executive
Council issued a statement at it's March 2007 meeting calling for the
enactment of federal health care reform that achieves universal
coverage, comprehensive, and affordable coverage, choice of providers,
financing through shared responsibility, effective cost controls, and
should not undermine existing coverage. AFSCME supports federal
legislation that supports these principles such as the Medicare For All
Act drafted by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)
and the AmeriCare Health Care Act drafted by Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA).
By passing the attached resolution,"AFSCME's Health Care Reform
Blueprint For 2007-08," the IEB has set a course to make health care
reform a key issue in the presidential campaigns and debates. We will
keep you informed as that health reform campaign is rolled out.
Download:
AFSCME_HCReformBlueprint0708.pdf
|
|
AFSCME Presidential Endorsement Process
Updated
On: Sep 20, 2007 (16:58:00)
A presidential search committee of the AFSCME IEB will meet
individually with all of the candidates: Democrats and Republicans.
Those interviews will conclude by June 1st.
The candidates will be
invited to the June 18-20 AFSCME Leadership Conference. During the
course of the summer, AFSCME will do extensive polling and messaging to
our membership to better inform the IEB. A Fall activist conference may
be held to help finalize the endorsement process if necessary.
In
effect, AFSCME is taking the lead of the AFL-CIO asking affiliates to
not endorse individually until the AFL-CIO and AFSCME International
have extensively studied the candidates and their campaigns. Both the
AFL-CIO and AFSCME do not expect to complete their process until the
Fall of 2007 at the earliest. Given the depth, breadth and quality of
the candidate field, there is every possibility that no early
endorsement will occur.
Download:
IEBResolutionREPresSearchComm
|
|
|
|
|
|
