The following draft solidarity resolution was developed by the North Dakota AFL-CIO. You can help build support by passing similar resolutions in your own union local, city council, community club, church, or other political or civic organization. You can start with this text, customize it with your own additions, and present it to your group for consideration. When resolutions are passed, share them on social media, in newsletters, send them to your members of Congress, to the auto companies, and other unions. Let the striking UAW workers know that they’ve got support. Download a copy.
A RESOLUTION OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS AT GENERAL MOTORS, FORD, AND STELLANTIS
WHEREAS: The members of the United Auto Workers are fighting for a fair contract with General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis; and
WHEREAS: These “Big Three” automakers have made record profits over the last decade; and
WHEREAS: The CEOs and shareholders of these companies have also received record compensation; and
WHEREAS: These record profits were made possible only through the labor of the members of the United Auto Workers; and
WHEREAS: The workers at these companies are demanding their fair share of these profits and compensation; and
WHEREAS: Working people are living in a time of historic income inequality and rapidly increasing basic cost of living;
WHEREAS: We understand that workers, joined together in their unions, their unions joined together in solidarity, forming the modern labor movement, is our best chance at decreasing income inequality; and
WHEREAS: The historic struggle that the United Auto Workers are currently facing may impact the trajectory of the entire working class for years to come; therefore be it
RESOLVED: ________ extends our most heartfelt support to the United Auto Workers and their historic labor struggle at General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis; and be it further
RESOLVED: ________ stands ready to provide moral and material support to these brave workers and their families, and their union.
RESOLVED: ________ reaffirms the bonds of solidarity that connect us all as working people.
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