The campaign to generate veteran and labor support for the “People Over Pentagon Act” (H.R. 1134), sponsored by Congressmembers Barbara Lee, Mark Pocan and 18 others, is underway to move $100 billion from the military budget to funding social programs and dealing with climate change. Our list of supporters among labor groups, veterans groups, and individuals continues to grow.
Our sign-on statement (please share: bit.ly/VL4SP-signon) has over 473 union member and veteran signatories. VFP members and other veterans: please sign-on if you haven’t yet. Help us build this campaign by sending it to your contacts. Want more background on this campaign? Here are details.
As of 8/1/24, 32 labor organizations and 16 Veterans For Peace Chapters have endorsed H.R. 1134 as part of the People Over Pentagon campaign.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING PEOPLE OVER PENTAGON
National Unions:
- American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
- National Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE)
National Labor Constituency Groups:
- National Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
State-wide Union Organizations:
Regional Labor Organizations:
Local Unions:
Labor Retiree Organizations:
Regional and Local Labor Constituency Groups:
For more information contact John Braxton (jwbraxton@gmail.com; 215/796-4933) or use this link: https://bit.ly/VL4SP-covermsg |
VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING PEOPLE OVER PENTAGON
National Organizations:
- Veterans For Peace
Veterans for Peace Chapters:
- Chapter 1 – Maine
- Chapter 7 – Los Angeles, CA
- Chapter 14 – Gainesville, FL
- Chapter 27 – Twin Cities, MN
- Chapter 31 – Philadelphia, PA
- Chapter 55 – Santa Fe, NM
- Chapter 63 – Albuquerque, NM
- Chapter 69 – San Francisco, CA
- Chapter 74 – Detroit, MI
- Chapter 80 – Duluth, MN
- Chapter 91 – San Diego, CA
- Chapter 101 – South Bay/Peninsula, CA
- Chapter 102 – Milwaukee, WI
- Chapter 106 – Dallas/North TX
- Chapter 112 – Ventura, CA
- Chapter 132 – Corvallis-Albany, OR
- Chapter 157 – North Carolina Triangle
- Chapter 178 – No. Colorado
- Chapter 180 – Fresno, CA
Check out the 4” x 6” card https://tinyurl.com/VL4SP-palmcard that VL4SP has passed out by the hundreds at labor gatherings.
Model Resolution. Please read the model resolution for organizations, and work to get your union, VFP Chapter or other organization to adopt it. Revise it as necessary to meet the needs of your organization and let us know when it is adopted by emailing labor@veteransforpeace.org.
From APWU national President: Mark Dimondstein, President of the American Postal Workers Union wrote in an article for the union newspaper:
“It is in the interests of postal workers and all working people at home and abroad to stop the madness of the bloated military budget and domination by the military industrial complex. As called for by APWU and AFL-CIO convention resolutions, let’s bring the war dollars home, insist that our tax dollars are used to improve our day-to-day lives and collective societal needs, such as health care, education, public transportation, affordable housing, childcare, food, clean water, addressing the climate crisis, and safe, good paying union jobs, including for veterans.”
Flyer. Check out and share our flyer that shows a list of social programs that a $100 billion reduction in Pentagon spending could pay for:
https://bit.ly/100billion-tradeoff-flyer
We welcome your questions, comments, participation, notification of VFP Chapter endorsements, and requests for speakers. Email: labor@veteransforpeace.org.