ʻO ka 25th Biennial California State AFL-CIO Convention i Iulai i hāʻawi aku i kahi hoʻopaʻi weliweli i nā alakaʻi kulekele aupuni o ka AFL-CIO ma kā lākou ʻaha mokuʻāina ma San Diego. Ma kahi hoʻoholo lōkahi, ʻoi aku ma mua o 400 mau ʻelele o ka mokuʻāina kokoke i 2.5 miliona mau limahana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia: ma kahi o hoʻokahi-ʻeono o ka nui o nā lālā o ka AFL-CIO: apono ʻia kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i kapa ʻia ʻo "Build Unity and Trust Among Workers Worldwide." Ua hoʻoholo pū lākou i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e kūʻē i ke kaua ma Iraq a ua koi "e hoʻopau koke i ka noho ʻana o ka US," a ua hoʻoholo lākou e ʻimi i ka pilina me US Labor Against War (USLAW), akā ʻo "Build Unity and Trust" ka mea nui.
Ua waiho ʻia ka "Build Unity and Trust" e Plumbers and Pipefitters #393 (San Jose), ka South Bay Labor Council (San Jose), ka Monterey Bay Central Labor Council (Castroville) a me ka San Francisco Labor Council. Ua hui pū ʻia nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i waiho ʻia e AFT #1493 (San Mateo), e ka Hui Kūkākūkā o Kaleponi, a me ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā Hana o Kapalakiko no ka ʻike maopopo ʻana i ke kālā NED (National Endowment for Democracy) i "Build Unity and Trust" e ke Kōmike Hoʻoholo. He palapala hoʻopiʻi ikaika ia no ke kulekele haole AFL-CIO.
Ua hoʻāhewa ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka pilina o ka AFL-CIO me ka National Endowment for Democracy (NED), me ka kuhikuhi ʻana he moʻolelo kānalua ʻo NED, ua hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e hāpai i nā pahuhopu kulekele ʻē aʻe o ke aupuni US, me ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻokahuli ʻana i nā aupuni i koho ʻia e ka democratically. na hana kuloko o na hana hana o na aina e." Ua aʻo aku ka Cal Fed i ka AFL-CIO e pili ana i ke noi ʻana i $ 3-5 miliona mai NED no nā hana ma Iraq, me ka ʻike ʻana "ʻo ka ʻae ʻana o AFL-CIO i ke kālā NED no kāna hana lokahi ma Iraq e hāʻawi i ke ʻano, inā ʻaʻole ka hopena, o ka hana ʻana. ʻO ka AFL-CIO ka mea i ʻike ʻia he ʻelele o ke aupuni US a me kāna mau kulekele ʻē aʻe, hiki ke hoʻohaumia i ka inoa maikaʻi o ka Federation i nā maka o ka neʻe ʻana o nā limahana ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe a nīnau i ka hoʻoikaika a me ke kūʻokoʻa maoli o ka Federation i kāna. nā hihia o ka honua "... ʻO kēia ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e ka AFL-CIO i nā uniona Kina i kekahi mau makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻoi aku ka kikoʻī o ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i kona hōʻole ʻana i ke alakaʻi pae aupuni. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo o Cal Fed i ka makahiki 2002, "Clear the Air," e ke alakaʻi pae aupuni, akā ua hoʻokokoke nā alakaʻi o ka Moku'āina iā "Clear the Air" me ka makaʻala a hāʻawi i kahi hālāwai i nā mea hana hana me nā alakaʻi kulekele ʻē aʻe e hoʻololi ai i kahi "wai wai". -down", he ʻaelike i ʻae ʻia e nā mea hoʻoikaika o Kaleponi. Ua mālama ʻia ka hālāwai ma mua o 15 mau mahina ma hope mai, i ʻOkakopa 2003, akā aia ka "kūʻē koʻikoʻi" e ka poʻe i hele mai inā paha i hoʻoponopono nui ʻia nā hopohopo i hāpai ʻia ma "Clear the Air". (E nānā i kaʻu ʻatikala ma ka pukana "Labor Notes" o Pepeluali 2004.
Ua ʻike pū ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka ʻike i hāʻawi ʻia e nā alakaʻi kulekele ʻē aʻe o AFL-CIO i ka hālāwai ʻOkakopa 2003 e pili ana i nā hana ACILS '(American Center for International Labor Solidarity) ma Venezuela i kūʻē ʻia e ka ʻikepili ACILS i loaʻa mai nā waihona aupuni ma o nā noi Freedom of Information Act. . (E nānā i kaʻu ʻatikala ma ka pukana "Labor Notes." ʻApelila 2004.
Ua koʻikoʻi loa nā "hoʻoholo" o ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo. ʻO ka Hui Moku'āinaʻo Kaleponi
- E hōʻoia i "kona kākoʻo no nā loina o ke kūʻokoʻa, kūʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻoholo ponoʻī i loko o nā International Conventions of the International Labor Organization";
- Ke koi nei i "ka National AFL-CIO a me kāna Solidarity Center e hoʻoikaika nui i ka ʻimi ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻae ʻana i ke kālā mai ke aupuni US, kāna mau keʻena a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe āna e kālā ai e like me ka NED no kāna hana ma Iraq a ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, a e ʻae i kēia mau kālā. e hoʻonui wale i nā pahuhopu o ka lokahi o nā limahana hana honua, ʻaʻole e hahai i nā kulekele o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ke aupuni o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa;
- Kāhea ʻia "ka National AFL-CIO [e ʻōlelo ana mai ka 'Clear the Air" hoʻoholo] 'e hōʻike piha i nā mea i hana ʻia ma Chile (a me Venezuela) a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe kahi i hoʻokani ʻia ai nā kuleana like ma ko mākou inoa, a wehewehe, kēlā me kēia ʻāina, i nā hana e hiki ke hana ʻia ma nā ʻāina ʻē me nā kālā i uku ʻia e nā keʻena aupuni a haʻalele i nā pilina like ʻole e hiki ke hōʻemi i ko mākou hilinaʻi maoli a me ka hilinaʻi o nā limahana ma ʻaneʻi a ma waho a e hoʻolilo iā mākou i mau ʻelele o ke aupuni. a i ʻole nā pūʻali o ka hoʻokele waiwai hoʻokele honua '";
- Ke koi nei i ka National AFL-CIO "e hoʻokumu i kahi pūʻulu hana e noi a loiloi i nā papahana e hoʻoikaika i ka lokahi hana honua a puni ka honua";
- Ke koi nei i ka National AFL-CIO "e hoʻolako kālā i kāna mau papahana a me nā hana o ka honua, inā hiki, mai nā kālā i hoʻopuka pololei ʻia mai kona mau hui a me ko lākou mau lālā," he manaʻo ikaika i hana ʻia e Ed Asner i kona komo ʻana i ka hālāwai ʻOkakopa 14, 2003 ma Oakland ( e ʻike i ka ʻatikala a Steve Early ma Iulai "Labor Notes" e pili ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana o CWA no nā hui uniona kālepa Colombian no kekahi laʻana o kēia hana ʻana); a
- "E hoʻouna aku ka California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO i kēia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka National AFL-CIO no ka nānā koke ʻana e neʻe i mua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hilinaʻi a me ka lokahi ma waena o nā limahana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa."
E ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kahi papa ikaika loa. Ke ulu nei ia ma waho o nā makahiki o ka hana, e like me nā mea hoʻoikaika i nā hana AFL-CIO ma Chile a hiki i ka makahiki 1974, a ua hana e lanakila i ka inoa, "AFL-CIA," no kēia mau hana a me nā hana ʻē aʻe i hōʻike ʻia i nā makahiki. Ua hoʻoholo ka Hui Hui o nā Kumu o Kaleponi i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e hoʻohewa ana i nā pilina AFL-CIO me ka NED, a ua hui pū ʻia kēlā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i loko o ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo hope loa "Build Unity and Trust". ʻO kēia lanakila he hoʻoikaika pū ʻana o ka poʻe hana hana a puni ka mokuʻāina.
ʻO ka nīnau nui i kēia manawa pehea ka pane ʻana o ka National AFL-CIO's Executive Council i kēia mau hanana. ʻO nā ʻelele o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Kaleponi, ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ikaika ʻana, ua haʻalele pū lākou i ko lākou lima e hana pū me ka AFL-CIO inā e hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hana me ka noʻonoʻo e "kūkulu i ka Unity and Trust." ʻO ka nīnau i nīnau ʻia i ke alakaʻi o ka National Level AFL-CIO, a ʻoi aku ka poʻe e pili ana i nā kulekele ʻē aʻe a me nā hana, "ʻO ka ʻaoʻao hea ʻoe?"
ʻO Kim Scipes, he kanaka hana lōʻihi a he lālā mua o nā uniona ʻekolu, aʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻepekema ma Purdue University North Central ma Westville, IN.
ʻEkolu mau ʻatikala koʻikoʻi i kūkākūkā ʻia ma luna, me nā kuhikuhi nui i loko o kēlā me kēia, hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ma o ka Pūnaewele:
ʻO Kim Scipes, "Ua hiki i ka manawa e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai: wehe i ka AFL-CIO Archives on International Labor Relations" (Labor Studies Journal, Summer 2000) ua hoʻopuka ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania e LabourNet Germany ma www.labournet.de/diskussion/gewerkschaft/scipes2. html.
ʻO Kim Scipes, "AFL-CIO hōʻole i ka 'Clear the Air' on Foreign Policy, Operations" (Labor Notes, February 2004) aia ma www.labornotes.org/archives/2004/02/articles/b.html.
ʻO Kim Scipes, "AFL-CIO ma Venezuela: Déjà vu All Over Again" (Labor Notes, ʻApelila 2004) aia ma www.labornotes.org/archives/2004/04/articles/e.html.
ʻO Steve Early, "Pehea ka hana ʻana o nā limahana kamaʻilio i ka hui ʻana o Cross-Border Union mai ka lalo." Nā memo hana, Iulai 2004. (ʻAʻole i hoʻopili ʻia ma ka pūnaewele ʻo Labor Notes.)
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