“I have been a unionist for 41 years and my work is easily found all over the Web under the ‘Michael Westfall Papers.’ My labor papers are archived in the University of Michigan library, and I was the one who brought legendary UAW leader Victor Reuther to Flint for the 50th Anniversary Rally of the UAW in 1987. Would (Michigan AFL-CIO President Mark) Gaffney suggest that I was anti-labor because I belong to the (American Family Association)? The AFA position (supporting one-man, one-woman marriage) is not an anti-labor stand. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is a pro-worker, pro-family and pro-America stand.”
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Focus on the Family:

Digging around the Web site of “Pride At Work” reveals a blatant activism.
http://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0036771.cfm

“Are You A Proud Union Queer?” the site asks. “Thinking about getting inked? Well before you take the plunge, maybe you should take a second and try one of Pride At Work’s new temporary tattoos, just in time for Gay Pride! The message is simple, ‘PROUD UNION QUEER.’”

Agape Press: http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/afa/32005a.asp

A broad coalition of religious and family values organizations went toe-to-toe with Big Labor this week, demanding in a letter to American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Unions (AFL-CIO) president John Sweeney that union officials rescind a recent resolution supporting homosexual “marriage.”

Related Sites:
http://unionworkersagainstgaymarriage.com/

AFL-CIO resolution
http://www.aflcio.org/aboutaflcio/ecouncil/ec03032005g.cfm

The letter sent to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney
http://www.afa.net/pdfs/lettertoaflcio.pdf

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