Resolution on Labor Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

February 20, 2025

WHEREAS, One of newly elected President Donald Trump’s first White House Executive Orders was titled ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS AND PREFERENCING, and

WHEREAS, The first “Fact Sheet” from the second Trump administration stated that he “Protects Civil rights and Merit-Based Opportunity by ending illegal DEI”, a statement that is wholly untruthful, and

WHEREAS, that Executive Order directly aimed to rescind former President Biden’s first Executive Order, #13985 officially titled Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, which called for the federal government to revise agency policies to account for racial inequities in their implementation, and

WHEREAS, the labor movement in its better moments has celebrated diversity, equity, and inclusiveness in the workforce and in society

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that this labor organization hereby firmly states its support of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on behalf of the civil rights of all, and opposes any efforts to undermine protections against discrimination, whether it be based on race, gender, or gender-related status, religion, age, or disability, and further be it 

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, this labor organization shall forward this resolution to appropriate labor councils, meetings, and conventions.