Proposed Solidarity Charters Draw Some BCTD Opposition
A plan by the AFL-CIO that would allow locals from national unions that disaffiliated from the labor federation to continue participating in central labor bodies is creating its own controversy.
Proposed Solidarity Charters, now under consideration by the AFL-CIO Executive Council, could enable local affiliates of the carpenters, teamsters and two other unions to continue participating in building trade councils, central labor councils and state federations (ENR 8/15 p. 14). But not every executive council member supports the charters as proposed. Several presidents of state AFL-CIO organizations also suggest fine-tuning is needed.