Solidarity Charter program extended until the AFL-CIO Convention in 2009.
The AFL-CIO Executive Council established the Solidarity Charter program in the months following the 2005 disaffiliation of some national unions from the AFL-CIO. The Solidarity Charter program enables local unions of the nationally disaffiliated unions (Carpenters, Laborers, SEIU, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE and United Food and Commercial Workers) to apply for and be chartered to be part of the AFL-CIO at the state federation and area and central labor council levels.
Since its inception, the Solidarity Charter program has provided the means to maintain a unified labor movement at the state and local level. More than 2,700 Solidarity Charters have been issued.
In order to participate in AFL-CIO state and local bodies, local unions for the disaffiliates must have Solidarity Charters issued by the national AFL-CIO. Solidarity Charter application forms may be downloaded from this website, completed and submitted to the AFL-CIO Office of State and Local Affiliates.
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