It also found UC workers earning much less than workers at
California State University and many community colleges.

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Rather, it focuses on embracing a pragmatic approach to lobbying,
attempting to build different coalitions of support on each legislative
priority . More than 2,900 affiliates protect nearly
6,000 communities in Canada and in every state in the U.

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IAFF Endorses AFL-CIO President John Sweeney for Re-Election

"President Sweeney has also renewed his commitment to refocus the AFL-
CIO's communications resources and efforts. The contract expired June 30, 2004 and was extended
to January 31, 2005."
To contact local AFSCME offices:

UC Berkeley, Faith Raider, 510-844-1160 x110
UC San Francisco, Betsy Twitchell, 415-566-6477 x5
UC Santa Cruz, Max Alper, 831-818-9732
UC Davis, Cody Potter, 916-717 -5877
UC Los Angeles, Nicole Moore, 310-824-0019 x234
UC Irvine, Roxana Guevara, 714 -634-1449
UC Riverside, Werner Marroquin, 951-781-8158
UC San Diego, Claude Piller, 619 -296-0342
UC Santa Barbara, Vu Nguyen, 805-562-8334

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"If UC does not change its position ,
we will take additional militant actions that may cause more service
disruption." Lara is on the elected bargaining team that negotiates for the
service workers.
The strike notice was sent after 92% of service workers who serve food,
clean buildings, and help run the nine campuses and five medical centers voted
in mid-March to strike.org/Registration/highideals_registration.
The University of California Student Association, the official system-wide
association of campus student governments, passed a resolution this weekend
supporting the demands of UC service workers and their right to go on strike.

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"Above all else, President Sweeney has remained firmly on the side of
solidarity. Throughout
this debate, President Sweeney has once again proved that he is the person to
lead the Federation, particularly during this crucial period of reform. While the AFL-CIO will continue to
support and maintain relationships with those Democrats who have historically
and continuously supported the goals of our movement, it will also build
bridges over party lines to Republicans who can be with us on selected issues."

The IAFF has successfully employed a non-partisan approach to politics by
setting its political and legislative agenda and priorities based on the
interests of its members, not the interest of any political party or specific
candidate , and by reaching out to elected officials on an issue-by-issue
basis.

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"The new focus will mean that the AFL-CIO will change from primarily
getting its message out through internal communications vehicles, to
delivering clear, concise messages using contemporary media, the internet and
other emerging technologies -- where most current and potential members and
voters get the news and information that shapes their views -- helping us make
the labor movement relevant to their everyday lives.org .
UC service employees are mostly immigrants and minorities who have not
received a raise in over two years.
"With the resolution, we are demonstrating that low-wage workers' issues
are a priority for students," said Jennifer Lilla, President of UCSA. "If
workers go on strike and it affects the quality of services that students have
already paid for, we will hold the University responsible.

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However, the person to lead that discussion remains clear.

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"As part of the evolving reform process, President Sweeney has recently
embraced the belief within the IAFF that winning new union members and
legislative and political battles requires a mix of message and motivation.htm .

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OAKLAND, Calif.

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The reasons
are varied, but two stand out: shifts in the types of employment and the
globalization of not just our economy but of workplaces and workforces. The report is
available at http://www .nedlc.

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The notice coincides with the resumption of negotiations with a state
mediator today following the issue of a fact-finder's report and
recommendations to union and management negotiators on March 30.

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He knows that the combination of our resources and power are the
engines that will drive our movement through these trying times.
"The IAFF has been and will continue to carefully weigh the issues in this
reform discussion. This shift will not change the
fact that individual Federation union affiliates will continue to be
responsible for tailoring the message to their current and prospective members
in organizing and political campaigns.
"President Sweeney has also committed to all affiliates that his reform
planning and implementation will continue to evolve.

"We have decided to take this measured step to send UC a strong message
that we are serious about our demands, without causing long-term disruption to
students and others who use campus services ," said Jose Lara, a food service
worker at UCLA who earns $8.
AFSCME Local 3299 has filed unfair labor practice charges with state
regulators to demand that UC give workers information it is illegally
withholding, bargain on important issues like workload, worker rights and
sweatshop -free uniforms as the law requires, and stop interfering with
members' rights and attempting to intimidate them.

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Sweeney Embraces Bi-Partisan Political and Legislative Approach and
Public Messaging Campaigns As Strategic + Structural Reforms

WASHINGTON, The General President of the
International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO/CLC, Harold Schaitberger,
issued this statement today on the leadership of the AFL-CIO:

"The AFL-CIO has suffered a reduction of influence and power.

That debate
has been mostly very productive and constructive.
Following several meetings with President Sweeney and his embrace of key
issues that the IAFF believes must be at the core of the reform, the IAFF's
Executive Board unanimously voted to endorse John Sweeney for re-election as
president of the AFL-CIO.
The IAFF's Political Action Committee, FIREPAC, is currently one of the
Top 25 PACs among the more than 4,000 registered in the nation.

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"President Sweeney's willingness to find the most effective strategies and
structures to reinvigorate our Federation are shown in his commitment to
embrace ideas and concepts that are completely different than the approach
taken by the AFL-CIO to date. He has shown a willingness to effectively re-
tool the Federation to create an efficient, effective and lean operation with
an agenda focused on a core of critical, strategically targeted
responsibilities.

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He is
the leader to position our united movement to regain our place in the national
debate.
This strategy will enable us to become more non-partisan, focusing our efforts
on building worker majorities, not party majorities, in our legislative
bodies., represents 85
percent of the professional fire fighters and paramedics who protect 80
percent of the nation 's population.

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"Throughout this debate, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney has remained
focused on the changes that need to be made.

UC Service Workers Announce Strike on April 14

Negotiations have also
stalled on over 30 issues, including fair wages and an end to discrimination
and favoritism in hiring and promotions. A recent report issued by the National
Economic Development and Law Center found that almost half of UC's service
workers earned wages too low to support a four-person family even if they had
a working spouse.

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"Specifically, President Sweeney has committed to shift the Federation's
political and legislative direction. He is a leader who will
work to embrace and implement ideas throughout his term of leadership.S. Under the
state's bargaining law for higher education, the parties are required to
resume negotiations and use those recommendations in an effort to reach an
agreement.

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His focus has remained on the need for
labor to emerge energized, and with a unity of purpose.
The 267,000-member IAFF, headquartered in Washington, D.iaff.

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The IAFF is the
14th largest of the 58 AFL-CIO affiliate unions and has experienced 35
consecutive years of membership growth -- putting it in the top five unions in
membership growth through the past five years. Visit us @
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These
ideas will ensure the Federation reaches its potential to organize
effectively, elect worker-friendly politicians, get pro-worker laws passed,
and make our movement's message relevant to all workers now and in the future.
And we continue to support his leadership. In the last
election cycle, FIREPAC contributed fully one-third of its funds to Republican
candidates, significantly more than any other major national union.

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, AFSCME Local 3299 , the union that
represents the lowest paid workers at the University of California, today sent
a notice to University officials setting a system-wide strike on Thursday,
April 14, 2005, for 7,300 service workers if UC continues to bargain in bad
faith and refuses to sign a fair contract.62 per hour. The bargaining committee met with UC management 27 times
since July 2004 before declaring impasse and entering state-mandated mediation
and fact-finding.

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He has consistently risen above
the negative fray of personal attacks. The IAFF's legislative "score card" recognizes that very few
politicians can or will ever achieve a 100 percent voting record on our
issues.

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"In order to be relevant once again, the leaders of our Federation and its
affiliates have been engaged in a debate over how to restructure, retool, and
change the direction, strategies and operations of the AFL-CIO.