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Minutes, general meeting, March 26, 1997

March 26, 1997

Attendance by local, a showing of “In the Shadow of the Tower” and discussion of the living wage struggle at Cornell, the Labor Party's living wage campaign, constitutional amendments, the Ask a Working Woman campaign, support for strawberry workers in Watsonville, and Workers Memorial Day.

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Midstate Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. “Minutes, general meeting, March 26, 1997.” March 26, 1997. Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition records, collection 6185, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library. Digital copy, Labor Archive, adolfhoromero.com, item tclc-0085, https://adolfhoromero.com/archive/tclc/items/tclc-0085/.

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Identifier: tclc-0085
Created by: Midstate Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Date: March 26, 1997
Type: Minutes
Pages: 1
Place: Tompkins and Cortland counties, New York
Language: English
Original: Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition records, collection 6185, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
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General meeting notice, March 26 [1997], with proposed constitutional amendments (March 26, [1997])
General meeting notice, June 11 [1997], with LABOR ALERT on Action! Motown '97 (June 11, [1997])
Steering Committee agenda, May 8, 1997 (May 8, 1997)
Press release: “Union Leader Takes New Position” (Al Davidoff) (March 25, 1997)

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Minutes, General Meeting, March 26, 1997

SEIU 200B (Wynns, Feuer, McCullough); SEIU 200A (Bonthius); CSEA
849 (Brill); CSEA 855 (Keane, Burlison); UAW 802 (Keith); UAW
1326 (Teeter, Evans); Carpenters 603 (Steilen); NYSUT-Geo. Junior
(Vollweiller) ; UAW 2300 (Davidoff); CSEA 1000 (W. Streeter); CSEA

605 (S. Streeter); APWU (Oates, Sullivan); Painters 178 (Joyce).

1. Viewing of "In the Shadow of the Tower" and discussion on
livable wage struggle at Cornell, led by Al Davidoff.

2. Coert Bonthius led a discussion of the Labor Party’s proposed
constitutional amendment and organizing strategy for a livable
wage. Various viewpoints were heard.

3. Chuck Wynns moved and Coert seconded the proposed amendment to
Article VII, Section 1 - passed unanimously.

4. Coert moved and Chuck seconded the proposed amendment to
Article X, Section 3 - passed with one abstention.

5. Steering Committee elections will take place at next General
Meeting in May. Mike Oates nominated Coert Bonthius to fill Al’s
co-chair position until elections in May, seconded by Sue Brill -

unanimous.

6. Connie Teeter, Linda Smith and Mandy Ellis will coordinate
outreach and organizing for the Ask a Working Woman campaign in
Cortland. UAW 2300 will perhaps take the lead in Tompkins. Carl
will order a supply of surveys and buttons. Each Union will
order their own supply of surveys and distribute.

7. There was general support to send/finance a MCLC rep to the
march in support of the strawberry workers organizing campaign in
Watsonville. No decision on amount of support till someone

actually steps forward.

8. Workers Memorial Day: Mark Keith will ask Ron Powell to
contact Roger Coon with respect to a possible memorial to his
son, killed by Albany International in Cortland. Carl will
contact Rochester and Syracuse to find out what they are doing.

9. The Labor Coalition’s ad hoc committee on Finance will meet
Tuesday, April 1, 4 pm at the Workers’ Rights Board office in

Cortland (26 Court St). All are welcome.

10. Will Streeter proposed reinstituting the coordinating commit-
tee for organizing. He, Coert, Chuck to set a time for a meet-

ing. Carl will contact others.

Next Gen. Meeting: Wednesday, May 28, TC3

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