WHEREAS:

All members of AFSCME are workers who receive pay for their labor; and

WHEREAS:

The right to withhold their labor is the ultimate weapon workers have. As a practical matter, however, all public employees will not achieve the right to strike. Where the right to strike is not achievable, workers should have access to other meaningful dispute resolution mechanisms, such as binding arbitration.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

That AFSCME advocate that public employees bargaining laws in the United States provide for either the right to strike or another meaningful dispute resolution mechanism, such as binding arbitration, or both; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:

That AFSCME encourage and logistically support its affiliates to similarly advocate and campaign for such laws.

SUBMITTED BY:

J. Claude Fort, President and Delegate
Milton Lovett, 1st Vice President and Delegate
AFSCME Local 375, Council 37
New York

The Resolutions Committee

SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED BY IEB