WHEREAS:

any AFSCME bargaining units are still in "open-shop" situations, with significant numbers of non-members; and

WHEREAS:

The International Union has supported successful internal organizing campaigns, utilizing strategies aimed at building strength in numbers, appeals based on member-only benefits, and every kind of communication strategy; and

WHEREAS:

AFSCME continues to encourage (the pursuit of) internal organizing as a priority.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

That AFSCME will support internal organizing in existing bargaining units both through strength-in-numbers campaigns and through member-only benefits; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED:

That AFSCME will develop the knowledge and wherewithal to assist in fair share or agency fee-payer conversion efforts.

SUBMITTED BY:

Oliver Preston, President
Brenda Stoker, Secretary
AFSCME Council 10
California