American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations March 1, 20¢1 Dear Local Union Leader: ‘As leaders o' the National and intemational Unions that make up the AFL-CIO, we are ‘aling upon al of au local union to answer the challenge that has been aid down by the fights for suvival af our movement We are macing this week in Washington, D.C, to develop our plans and strategies to advance the tight for workers rights agains! the corporateled government assault weve seen in ‘Wisconsin, Oi Indana and states all across the county. Evan at ths moment, tens of ‘thousands of workers have taken tothe streets to protest the assault on the fundamental Treedoms of collective bargaining andthe basic right to have a union, [As wo respznd to the crisis faced by workers in every one of our states an local ‘communities ~t becomes clearer than ever before that we neod a moverent that is strong and United at every level and that has the abt to mobilize working people and our alias at the 1ass oot. For these reasons, today we are cating on every ane of ou local unions to be certain that you jin affiiate and participate wih the AFL-CIO Central Labor Gouncls in your Ccommuniies. We cannot survive as a movement i we lt soldarty be simpy @ word and not a way of ie, We urge you to make this an immediate prot for your local union, and if you are Uncertain where or how fo afl with your state and local councils, please contact the AFF. (C10 Fld Department at (202-687-5280) We need to strengthen the AFL-CIO atthe local and state level and we need todo it In Solgar, Mombers of the AFL-CIO Executive CounalBess te, _ A abuhr “Richard Tamika ee aa sh os a ye Cstidip arts Rew, NCAFL oa seh act “a thomas Dutenbargl AM Bunt 8 ~ Gee — Caen, OWA ji Mwcillena dusegp a Ast Len 91 ‘iar lea ura, Rote Fay Foes, AEGE ‘alcoin 8 Funey, OTU QIUMGE Ken SC, () BS 3 Yoho Gage, AFGE ‘Leo W. Gerard, Bile (/= ' Veet we bie hae td) 2 ‘Seep a omnes Fat, lad LAG Z ZA D. Michael ‘ae aii - Nligw gl eae aah, dhdifld ‘Wiliam Lacy i / oben MoEirain,LWU raid W is ‘ele dey O BL Tay 08 SEO Pr Plitue Fred he Zep ‘as a y Bao Cea Roberts, UIA pon 7 oy hy 5 GUT Tari Sateen PE y ath, teahull Bllena—'h = W “ies at le aor tesa Jet L poms CT alfa , Jbl Rand pam Cai ‘Pores Kiama, UPAT r wy’ Wt how ~ chien hy Wal He Reg, Veda cada. Arse “Nancy Woniorh, OPEIU lain Woodard, APSA