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OPEN LETTER TO WHATCOM COUNTY (October 11, 2011)
re: Gateway Pacific Terminal [here]

MISSION STATEMENT

The Northwest Washington Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, is the central body of labor organizations in Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties, Washington. We are affiliated with the National AFL-CIO, the central labor organization in the United States, representing more than 13 million working people. Over 21 organizations (see affiliates) belong to the Council, and several thousand working men and women belong to Council-affiliated organizations. United, we are a voice for the interests and needs of working people in Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties.

The core responsibilities of the Northwest Washington Central Labor Council are to:

• assist workers and their unions in the struggle for social and economic justice
• support efforts to organize and bargain fair contracts
• lobby, endorse and involve working people in the political process
• advocate and support laws that protect working people
• unite with community allies who are also struggling for justice.