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DESCRIPTION:Turn UP Bay Area! \n\nStarting from Mother's Day organize actions in 
 support of the Poor People's Campaign's 40 Days of Direct Action for a 
 moral revival and against poverty, racism, militarism, and climate 
 catastrophe!\n\nSubmitted by Global Women's Stike Omni Collective. 
 \n\nWeekly themes and more info linked below.\n\n\nAlameda County Central 
 Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Resolution, May 7, 2018.\n\nResolution in Support 
 of the California Poor People’s Campaign and the\nPoor People’s 
 Campaign Bay Area\n\nWhereas, the Alameda Labor Council supports organizing 
 people to advance\nequity;\n\nAnd Whereas, the California Poor People’s 
 Campaign and Poor People’s\nCampaign Bay Area are local affiliates of the 
 Poor People’s Campaign: A\nNational Call for Moral Revival;\n\nAnd 
 Whereas, the demands of the Campaign, including “the right for 
 all\nworkers to form and join unions”, “equal pay for equal work”, 
 and\n“public infrastructure projects”, support the efforts of the 
 Labor\nCouncil;\n\nAnd Whereas, the UFCW, SEIU, AFSCME and United Steel 
 Workers national\nunions have endorsed the Poor People’s Campaign: A 
 National Call for\nMoral Revival, and UFCW has stated “The Poor 
 People’s Campaign believes,\nas our union family does, that our economy 
 can and should work better\nfor everyone…. We’re proud to support The 
 Poor People’s Campaign\nbecause, if successful, it will bring 
 hard-working families more power\nto build better lives;”\n\nAnd Whereas, 
 the Campaign is the renewal of the work undertaken by the\nPoor People’s 
 Campaign in 1968 during which Martin Luther King Jr.\ntraveled to Memphis 
 to support sanitation workers organizing AFSCME\nLocal 1733;\n\nAnd 
 Whereas, the Fundamental Principles of the Poor People’s Campaign,\nwhich 
 have been signed by all organizers, include, “The Campaign and all\nits 
 Participants and Endorsers embrace nonviolence. Violent tactics or\nactions 
 will not be tolerated;”\n\nAnd Whereas, the California Poor People’s 
 Campaign and Poor People’s\nCampaign Bay Area are organizing a series of 
 Nonviolent Moral Fusion\nDirect Actions at the State Capitol each of the 
 six Mondays beginning on\nMay 14;\n\nNow, therefore be it resolved, that 
 the Alameda Labor Council endorses\nthe California Poor People’s Campaign 
 and Poor People’s Campaign Bay\nArea and encourages its affiliates, union 
 members and allies to support\nand participate in actions when requested 
 and the actions align with\nunion values.\n\n\nWeek One: May 14 – Women, 
 Youth, and People with Disabilities Living in\nPoverty\n\nWeek Two: May 21 
 – Connecting Systematic Racism and Economic Justice,\nVoting Rights, and 
 Immigration\n\nWeek Three: May 28 – Veterans, Our War Economy, and 
 Militarism\n\nWeek Four: [June 4 -] The Right to Health for People and 
 Planet\n\nWeek Five: [June 11 -] Everybody’s Got A Right To Living: 
 Living Wages,\nGuaranteed Income, Unions, Housing and Social 
 Services\n\nWeek Six: [June 18 -] A “New and Unsettling Force”: 
 Challenging Our\nNation’s Distorted Moral Narrative with a Moral Fusion 
 Movement\n\nApproved at ALC Delegates Meeting: May 7, 
 2018\n\n\nhttps://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/  
 \n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/californiappc/\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ppcbayarea/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/11/18809138.php
SUMMARY:Bay Poor People's Campaign 40 Days of Action, Alameda Labor Council Resolution in Support
LOCATION:East, North and South Bay/San Francisco autonomous actions requested 
 through June 23.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/11/18809138.php
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