SPEEA Council - June 7, 2024
It is moved that: IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF SPEEA MEMBERS WITHIN THE BROADER LABOR MOVEMENT AND TO BUILD THE POLITICAL POWER NECESSARY TO WIN STRONG UNION CONTRACTS, THE SPEEA COUNCIL SUPPORTS LABOR COUNCILS AND IFPTE’S EFFORTS TO RECOMMEND CANDIDATES AND BALLOT ISSUES THAT SUPPORT LABOR AND AMENDS SPEEA POLICY & PROCEDURE SECTION V, SUBSECTION A WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITION:
SPEEA’S IFPTE REPRESENTATIVES MAY FULLY PARTICIPATE IN IFPTE’S PAC AND REGIONAL COUNCIL’S LABOR DELEGATES MAY FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR LABOR COUNCIL’S COMMITTEES ON POLITICAL EDUCATION WITH THEIR POSITIONS BASED ON POLICY-MAKING POSITIONS ADOPTED BY THE SPEEA COUNCIL AND THE SPECIFIC REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND THE DIRECTIVE TO BUILD NON-PARTISAN POWER FOR SPEEA MEMBERSHIP.
POLITICAL PARTY, PARTISAN POLITICS, PERSONAL PREFERENCES, AND NON-LABOR ISSUES OUTSIDE OF SPEEA’S POLICY POSITIONS SHOULD NOT BE FACTORS WHEN TAKING A POSITION AS SPEEA’S REPRESENTATIVE TO IFPTE OR REGIONAL LABOR COUNCILS.
POSITIONS TAKEN AS DELEGATES TO OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AN ENDORSEMENT BY SPEEA OR ITS REGIONAL COUNCILS AND SHALL NOT BE COMMUNICATED AS SUCH.