An old idea reborn as a new idea.

The election of President Obama has brought to the forefront the importance of community outreach. One on one personal contact by the Obama campaign and the great effort made by Organized Labor built on this idea. Community Organizers have been doing this for many many years. Before I was even born and I am 86 years old. Organized Labor and workers in the communities need Community Stewards to look out for their interests with a year around effort. The first step is to form a committee to develop the effort. Please take the time to read the blog, I will appreciate any feedback.

COMMUNITY STEWARDS

COMMUNITY STEWARDS

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LABOR & COMMUNITY UNITED
ORGANIZED & UNORGANIZED

IN ALL OUR COLORS,
IN ALL THE LANUAGES WE SPEAK

WHERE WE WORK & WHERE WE LIVE
WE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE

Labor and Community United is a partnership between Organized Labor and workers in the community.

LABOR sees the struggle for the rights of workers in the community as an extension of labors' struggle in the shop.

Workers in the community whether they belong to unions or not have the same concerns. If we want to win the struggle for rent control, Affordale housings, jobs, healthcare, etc. Organized Labor and the Community must unite.

Corporate America makes every effort to pit non-union workers against union workers. It makes every effort to divide the working class by pitting color against color and language against language and man against women.

CORPORATE AMERICA FEARS WORKING CLASS UNITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS THE ONE WEAPON WE HAVE THAT IS STRONG ENOUGH TO WIN JUSTICE FOR WORKING PEOPLE.

LABOR CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORT. THE COMMUNITY CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF LABOR

Teamster Local 808 and Astoria Concerned Neighbors at a rent stabilization rally in Albany, N.Y. Altogether there were three bus loads. Local 808 supplied the sandwiches and soda. Astoria Concerned Neighbors supplied the buses. Together they filled them.

COMMUNITY STEWARDS

In cities and counties thru out New York State the organizational structure of political parties are based on the election district. Each (E.D.) has a committee member (man or woman) who is elected by the enrollees of their respective political parties and they are members of the City Committee and County committee that are the leading bodies of their political party. Committee Members are responsible for maintaining good relations with their party's enrollees and other members of the community. They act as "shop stewards" if you will for their communities and deal with their grievances. They assemble the information necessary to pull out the vote on Election Day, register voters, and have a voice in selecting the candidates.

The purpose of community stewards is to build a political framework that will unite Organized Labor with workers in the community (organized and unorganized). It will be based on Election Districts (E.D.) that are the basic electoral unit in New York State. While we anticipate that most of the stewards will come from the unions any person or community group who share our values will be invited to participate on an equal basis. Like the Committee people of the political parties they will also be the Shop Stewards for their Election Districts and the community at large. Their year round work will strengthen the Unity between Organized Labor and the Community. At election time they will be a permanent nucleus cooperating with the mass turnout that we saw in the recent Labor campaigns.

THIS ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS:

1. Will educate and bring more workers into electoral politics.

2. Will be a training ground for future LABOR candidates.

3. Will demonstrate to the community the strong roll Organized Labor plays in their welfare.

4. Will bring community concerns to the attention of Organized Labor.

5. Will bring the concerns of Organized Labor into the community.

6. Will create a friendly attitude towards Unions when we try to organize the shops they work in.

7. Will support Labor Friendly Legislation.

Will help establish the independent base that Organized Labor is working towards.

LABOR ISSUES AND COMMUNITY ISSUES
THEY ARE ALL CONNECTED