 TWU Civil and Human Rights Department Director and Local 260 President Sandra Burleson can be contacted at 2150 W. 18th St., Suite 104, Houston, TX 77008. Phone: 713-864-4346. Fax: 713-869-5655. Or by email: sandra1@twulocal260.com.Click here for info on the annual AFL-CIO Martin Luther King celebration.
What’s
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Power in Diversity, Make Resolution #2 Real
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
Latino Workers: Improving Their Families’ Future Through Unions
Staybridge Suites Availability
Brothers and Sisters,
Because the Staybridge Hotel is booked, the AFL-CIO has chosen, the Holiday Inn Select at 5795 Poplar Avenue, Memphis Tenn. 38119. You may call the Hotel direct at 901-682-7881 to make reservations.
Tell reservations that you are with the AFL-CIO Martin Luther King Celebration. Room rates are $104.00.
For members needing a agenda for Monday, January 21, 2007 to be able to make plane reservations, there is only a breakfast scheduled with a guest special and that closes the celebration.
REMINDER !!!!!
Just a little reminder brothers and sisters, the time is near for the Martin Luther King Celebration. The celebration will take place in Memphis Tennessee, beginning January 17-21 2008. Memphis was chosen due to the fact in 2008 it will be fifty years since the famous garage strike. Mr. King was very instrumental in supporting and participating in that strike. There will be many great Civil/Human Rights leaders participating in this years MLK Celebration.
The hotel that is being used is the Staybridge Suites, 1070 Ridge Lake Blvd.
Memphis Tenn. The hotel number is (877) 660-8545 or (901) 628-1722. The deadline for making hotel reservations is December 28, 2007. Call letters were sent out to all TWU Presidents. Further information and registration forms maybe obtained by contacting Sandra Burleson @ Twu.Org Civil/Human Rights Director at 713 864-4343 or email Sandra1@twulocal260.com.
Hope to see you all there!
COPY Of Books
Copies of Chris Gardner’s book, Pursuit of Happiness” was mailed out during the week of December 3, 2007 to Brothers and Sisters that attended the TWU Civil/Human Rights meeting October 26,2007 in Atlantic City New Jersey.
If you attended the meeting and do not receive a book within the next two weeks please contact, Sandra Burleson @ Twu.Org Director Civil/Human Rights at (713) 864-4346 or email Sandra1@twulocal260.com
AFL-CIO Executive Council Civil Rights Meeting
The National AFL-CIO held its Executive Council Meetings, March 4-9, 2007 in Las Vegas Nev. I attended the Civil/Human Rights meeting along with President Jim Little and Legislative Representative Portia White. Linda Chavez-Thompson officer of the AFL-CIO chaired the meeting. The report presented to the council by Ms. Chavez-Thompson commented on the Diversity Resolution adopted by the AFL-CIO Executive Council last year which encouraged Internationals to add more women and minorities to their boards. There was also discussion on the make-up of the AFL-CIO National Executive Board. That the board needs to be more diversified.
It was suggested the AFL-CIO hold Regional Civil/Human Rights meetings in the spring and summer. Top Local and Regional AFL-CIO staff would facilitate the meetings.
A report was given on the Martin Luther King Celebration held January 12-15, 2007 in Houston Texas. It was reported it was possible the largest attendance in the history of the celebration. There were over 600 union participates. TWU and USW seemed to be competing to see who had the most in attendance. There was also discussion on unions needed to get involved in donating to the fund. Union members will be asked to participate in making donations during the Regional Civil/Human Rights Meetings.
More discussion was had on the AFL-CIO Diversity Resolution Policy. Some delegates felt some Internationals were not utilizing the policy in their Internationals. It was discussed that some Internationals did not fall under the policy, because of their union make-up (i.e. United Steel Workers, USW are predominately a white-Anglo male union).
It was encouraged that all Internationals work at utilizing the Diversity Resolution policy. Ms. Chavez-Thompson again reviewed that the purpose of the policy is to have Internationals place more women and minorities in high leadership positions.
The report was approved by the council.
Special Reports
- Affirmative Action (pdf)
- What Unions Can Do (pdf)
- Sexual Harassment
- TWU-No Discrimination-Our Union's Policy
- Violence in the Workplace (pdf)
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