APRIL 2010
VOTING IS YOUR PRIVILEGE
USE IT!

TRANSIT TAX:
We need to keep our transit alive LOCALLY. The council is in favor of the transit tax.
Vote YES on Proposition One!
Learn more about it....
Please visit [here] - The Bellingham transit union - local 843 - history
and [here] - "Preserve our Public Transit" website

BIG BOX BAN:
The Council has been in discussion with strategic partners in the community.
NWWCLC agrees with the Big Box Ban.
We feel it is good for local business.
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April 12, 2010 Belingham City Council votes to allow some....

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.