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By Tom Chamberlain
This September the national
AFL-CIO will hold its every-four-
year convention. Convention dele-
gates will elect officers and debate
issues. This convention is different,
though. The delegates will deter-
mine the future of our union move-
ment. This year, the national AFL-
CIO will be proposing major
changes to the fate and direction of
state labor federations like the Ore-
gon AFL-CIO, and central labor
councils and local labor bodies.
State federations and central la-
bor bodies are central to the success
of the American labor movement.
These local bodies are the delivery
system for our movement. But
many of them are facing problems,
and our current delivery system has
been in place since 1955, when the
American Federation of Labor
(AFL) and the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations (CIO) merged.
This model was designed when
35 percent of workers belonged to
unions. Rural Oregon’s timber in-
dustry created union jobs in every
corner of the state. This was a time
before the technological explosion
that brought computers, Internet,
the Tea Party and a 24-hour news
cycle into our lives. In short, the
current system designed to focus
primarily on politics and legislation
is ill-equipped to meet the chal-
lenges of the 21st Century, and falls
short of meeting the needs of our
unions and members.
For over two years, the AFL-
CIO, affiliated unions, and the na-
tional State Federation and Central
Labor Council Advisory Commit-
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tee have been assessing and evalu-
ating our delivery system.
Before the September conven-
tion, committees will develop reso-
lutions that will redirect and stream-
line our movement.
State federations and central la-
bor councils in many places are
evolving. The Northwest Oregon
Labor Council, the labor council in
Los Angeles, and others, have made
economic development central to
their mission. For example, ensur-
ing that “labor peace language” is
part of bidding requirements for
new development is a big step in en-
suring that workers are treated with
dignity and respect, and paid a true
living wage.
The Oregon AFL-CIO Execu-
tive Board has established high ex-
pectations for our state’s federation.
We’ve pushed it into areas that are
not traditional state-fed roles. For
example, the development of a
communications program that pro-
vides public relations advice and
support for our affiliates on press
and messaging, and a graphic de-
signer who develops all manner of
material for our affiliates, saving
them tens of thousands of dollars.
The development of the Oregon
AFL-CIO organizing program es-
tablishes our federation as the cor-
nerstone to the future of union or-
ganizing in Oregon. The ability of
affiliated unions to access shared
lead organizers, Working America
canvassers, graphic design support,
and political strength will increase
all of our power. And the establish-
ment and advancement of a pro-
worker agenda through state legis-
lation and local ordinances in-
creases success for AFL-CIO-affili-
ated unions and all Oregon workers.
If we are going to successfully
redirect our movement, the national
AFL-CIO must begin by looking at
what is occurring as membership
shrinks nationally. Unions are being
asked to maintain service levels
with shrinking resources and rev-
enue. A formula of “do more with
less” equates to loss of capacity.
By pooling resources and under-
standing that state federation staff
can augment dwindling union staff,
affiliates will come to realize that
there are some services that can
more easily and cost effectively be
provided by the state federation,
freeing other resources to answer
the challenges of the 21st Century
union movement.
Whatever changes are adopted,
it may take months or even a year
or two before the effects are notice-
able for you and your fellow union
members.
I encourage the committees de-
veloping resolutions to think big,
and I encourage Oregon central la-
bor councils to lead the way in re-
forming our movement for the fu-
ture. We all must be on the side of
success for the next generation’s
sake.
Tom Chamberlain is president of
the Oregon AFL-CIO.
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