Whereas workers rights are human rights,
whereas workers and employees are partners in producing the profit,
whereas income inequality is a result of unfair wages,
whereas corporations and businesses hold the upper economic power,
whereas workers and employees quality of life depends on a fair and healthy work environment,
whereas corporations board’s decisions impact their workers’ lives.
Resolved,
1- Modify small businesses standards to exclude businesses that have more than 100 employees and define businesses that have a number of employees of (101- 999) as medium-size businesses.
2- Establish fair wages standards, to establish a ratio between the lowest-paid employee, the highest-paid position and the total amount of earned profit the goes to the stockholders. A suggested ratio should look like 1:50:1000.
3. Adjust minimum wages annually to reflect the changes in real estate, living expenses and inflation.
4- Require large businesses to provide, permit and support the establishment of unions.
5- Require small and medium-sized businesses to permit and support the establishment of sectoral and regional unions.
6- Require large businesses to designate a seat at their board of directors for union’s delegate.
7- Enforce, adopt and support the ILO Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).
8- Adopt, enforce and support the ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
9- Reaffirm the prohibition of discrimination based on homelessness and financial status.
10- Require the DMV to issue ID to our homeless brothers and sisters regardless of housing status.
11- Establish special tax breaks for workers owned businesses.