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Employee Press
Union Scrapbook Uddin
named VP of Asian labor group
More
than 60 DC 37 members from nine locals joined the 400 unionists at the 10th convention
of the AFL-CIOs advocacy group for Asian workers, the Asian Pacific American
Labor Alliance, July 9-12 in Las Vegas.
Participants urged the labor movement
to step up its organizing, support immigrant rights and promote greater diversity.
The delegates supported the federal Dream Act, which would help people who came
to the United States illegally as children to become citizens and pursue higher
education.
APALAs elected and appointed officers were sworn in at
the convention.
DC 37 Treasurer and Local 1407 President Maf Misbah Uddin
was reappointed by AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee to represent AFSCME as a
vice president on the board. Local 375 Secretary Ahmed Shakir was named as a vice
president by the New York City chapter.
Delegates adopted two resolutions
submitted by Uddin, which outlined steps for improving APALAs budgeting
and using media technology to keep members informed on labor issues. Uddin wrote
the resolutions with Local 1407 Vice President Jed Matalon.
Veronica Montgomery-Costa,
president of DC 37 and of Local 372, headed her locals delegation.
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