ALA-APA Council New Orleans
We finished early this morning, so I can post a report to you.
ALA-APA Council
General business was conducted at the beginning of the meeting: approving minutes, approving agenda, etc.
Resolution on Support for Freed to Form Unions - passed - I voted against. Text was posted previously. It was amended as follows:
The paragraph urging the National Labor Relations Board to refrain from further attacks on workers' rights was deleted by vote. I voted for this deletion. No one could define "further attacks" or cite examples of any attacks. The striking of this clause was widely accepted.
There was considerable discussion about this resolution and what effect it could have. It only relates to private sector employees and who are allowed by state law to organize. This was deemed to be a very small number, nationally. Some argued that what hurts one, hurts all. There was concern that this resolution would not have the desired effect. I felt that the information offered by several council members who are well informed about national labor issues was helpful. They were opposed to this resolution. They were able to convince me to vote against it.
Resolution in support for Overtime Pay Protection. Text posted previously. Voted against - it failed.
This also generated significant discussion. What convinced me to vote against this was the laws governing overtime were changed about 2 years ago and overtime pay has statistically improved nationally since that time. This resolution had languished in a committee for about 2 years and was brought forward to clean up old business. Support for overtime pay was expressed 2 years ago. Therefore, it didn't make sense to advance this resolution at this time.
Budgetary ceiling for FY 2007 ALA-APA was approved. I voted for this.
The meeting was adjourned.