Resolutions
Delegates to AFSCME’s 38th International Convention adopted several resolutions, among them were these calling on AFSCME to:

• provide each council and large, unaffiliated local with assistance to facilitate strategic planning work and implementation (#12)
• enhance member communications and activism through the use of new media (#24)
• reform government contracting to protect against privatization problems (#51)
• promote public service workers and the public services that keep our families safe and make our communities strong (#84)
• protect deserving homeowners from bank foreclosures (#87)
• fight for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (#7)
• seek neutrality agreements during organizing campaigns (#16)
• provide resources to develop the union’s “Next Wave” program(#59)
• lead the fight to defeat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) efforts to slash the salaries of California’s state workers (#98)
• fight for universal health care (#19 and #81)
• build member activism (#77)
• redouble efforts to raise PEOPLE dollars (#83)
• and support our troops and veterans, and urge the quickest possible withdrawal consistent with troop safety (#84)

New Legislative District
On Wednesday, delegates adopted Amendment Number 7, establishing the United Domestic Workers District, consisting of California Locals 3930 and 4034, formerly of the NUHHCE/1199 District. The 57,000 members of the newly created UDW District are home care workers throughout the state of California.