- To protect and strengthen our
democratic institutions. To secure full recognition and
enjoyment of the rights and liberties to which we are justly
entitled and to preserve the cherished traditions of our
democracy.
- To encourage all workers
regardless of race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin,
sexual orientation, disability or ancestry to share equally in
the full benefits of union organization and to promulgate the
principles enunciated by the AFL-CIO that the concern of one is
the concern of all and to uphold the Constitution of the AFL-CIO
- To aid and encourage the sale
and use of union made goods and services through the use of the
Union Label and other symbols; to promote the labor press and
other means of furthering the educations of the labor movement.
- To encourage workers to register
and vote, to exercise their full rights and responsibilities of
citizenship, and to secure legislation which will safeguard and
promote the principle of free collective bargaining, the rights
of workers, consumers, and the security and welfare of all the
people and to oppose legislation inimical to these objectives.
- To aid and assist affiliated
unions in extending the benefits of mutual assistance, to
promote the organization of the unorganized into unions of their
choosing for their mutual aid, and to aid workers in securing
improved wages, hours, working conditions and safe work
environments with due regard to the autonomy, integrity and
jurisdiction of affiliated unions.
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