TV and radio shows for organized labor and working people.

November 2005

The San Francisco Labor Council resolution for a labor media strategy for AFL-CIO

June 13, 2005 — Meeting of San Francisco Labor Council

Whereas, the anti-labor corporate propaganda blitz against working people by the major media is a danger to both the survival of organized labor and,

Whereas, the deregulation of the media has led to censorship and the control of the media by robber barons who are intent on not only silencing the voices of working people but supporting the corporate policies of privatization, deregulation, and eliminating all labor and human rights and,

Whereas the need to have regular labor education on history, health and safety, immigrant rights and all the issues facing working people is vital,

Therefore be it resolved that this council supports the call for an 24 hour Labor radio and TV channel that would include programming from all internationals and would provide labor and working class programming and,

This council also supports the development of labor media internet portals of all labor programming and links to all labor struggles in regional areas and,

This council supports the development of a labor media movement that will include the training of rank-and-file members in the use of labor video and radio both on community access television and on the web and supports and the Workers Independent News (WIN) service that is now broadcast on stations throughout the country and, this council will support the establishment of regional labor media centers that will provide such training and,

Finally this council will submit this resolution to the AFL-CIO convention and all affiliated bodies for action.