Resolutions

Resolution Number ANA07.05

In Support Of The State Building & Construction Trades Council Of California, AFL-CIO

WHEREAS, the California Democratic Party contracted in good faith with the Anaheim Hilton Hotel, a longtime union hotel, to hold its November Executive Board meeting, at which time there were no labor disputes against the hotel; and

WHEREAS, less than three weeks before its Executive Board meeting, the California Democratic Party was informed by the State Building & Construction Trades Council that the local Los Angeles/Orange County Trades Council was involved in a serious labor dispute pertaining to the contractors hired and managed by the new owner of the Anaheim Hilton Hotel; and that due to the new owners’ refusal to hire union labor and to pay prevailing wages and benefits, the LA/OC Building Trades has and will continue to maintain a picket line in front of the hotel to protest said sub-standard wages on the $100 million hotel renovation project; and

WHEREAS, the California Democratic Party has a longstanding partnership with our brothers and sisters in labor and an unbreakable policy to never cross picket lines;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party stands in solidarity with its labor partners in the building and construction trades and commends their efforts to bring prevailing wages and benefits to the men and women who work in the construction industry.

Submitted by Senator Art Torres (Ret.),
Chairman of the California Democratic Party

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Adopted by the Executive Board
Of the California Democratic Party
At Its Executive Board Meeting
Sheraton Hotel, Anaheim
November 18, 2007