Resolutions Passed at the 52nd Annual Constitutional Convention of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO

The following resolutions were passed unanimously by the delegates to the 52nd Annual Constitutional Convention of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at the Newton Marriott Hotel in Newton, MA.

In Support of a Scholarship to be Named After Senator Edward M. Kennedy

In Support of a Second Round of Federal Economic Stimulus

In Support of Establishing Destination Resort Casinos in Massachusetts

In Support of the Employee Free Choice Act

In Support of Massachusetts AFL-CIO Futures Program Initiatives

In Support of Comprehensive Healthcare Reform

In Support of Naming a Lifetime Legislative Champion Award for Senator Kennedy

In Support of Raising and Indexing the Minimum Wage

In Support of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate

In Support of the Target 5000 Program

In Support of the Walk to Cure Cancer

In Support of Buying UAW Made Vehicles

In Support of Recognizing MEBA President Donald Keefe

In Support of Recognizing U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis

In Support of Recognizing Retiring AFL-CIO President John Sweeney

In Support of the New Executive Officers of the AFL-CIO

In Support of Praising Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

In Support of Labor's role in Securing Paid Sick Days for Workers

In support of Resolution on Honduras and Democracy

In support of Removing Michael J. Astrue as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

In Support of Restored Funding to the Labor Extension Program at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell

In Support of Urging Hyatt Hotels of Boston to Rehire Outsourced Housekeeping Workers

In Support of Restored Funding for the Toxic Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell 

In Support of the Boston Museum on the Rose Kennedy Greenway

In Support of AFGE's Campaign to Organize TSA employees