Iraq War Resolutions Battle Heats Up at AFL-CIO Convention

Resolution 53: The War in Iraq - submitted by the AFL-CIO Executive Council. This is the Iraq war resolution actually reported out from the Convention Resolutions Committee that US Labor Against the War will now to attempt to amend from the floor of the Convention.

The following are the anti-war resolutions crafted by various state federations and central labor councils which were NOT sent from the Resolutions Committee to the Convention floor for a delegate vote. ( these resolutions are currently downloadable from the AFL-CIO Convention website in PDF format )

Resolution 35: Bring the Troops Home - California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, San Francisco Central Labor Council, San Mateo County Central Labor Council, South Bay Central Labor Council, Alameda County Central Labor Council, Connecticut AFL-CIO and Western Connecticut Central Labor Council.

Resolution 36: Support Our Troops and Veterans: End the War and Bring Them Home Now - Philadelphia Central Labor Council, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Detroit Central Labor Council, Marion, Polk and Yamhill Counties Central Labor Council (Ore.), Washington, Orange and Lamoille Counties Central Labor Council (Vt.)

Resolution 37: The War in Iraq - South Central Wisconsin Federation of Labor

Resolution 56: In Support of an Immediate End to the Occupationof Iraq - King County (Seattle) Labor Council.