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Subject: [IAC] **LABOR RESOLUTION ON MUMIA**
The resolution below was adopted at the National Convention
of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance(APALA), on
August 19, 2001.
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Support the Campaign for Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal
WHEREAS, Mumia Abu-Jamal is an outstanding African-American
journalist and member of the National Writers Union-UAW who
campaigned against police abuses and who, with no previous
criminal record, has been on Pennsylvania's death row since
1981, convicted of shooting a police officer in a trial in
which there was compelling evidence of his innocence and of
gross misconduct on the part of the police, prosecutor
and judge; and
WHEREAS, his execution was stopped only by massive
international protests, yet he still faces imminent
execution if Federal District Court Justice William Yohn
refuses to hear evidence on 29 charges of Constitutional
violations, even while new evidence and witnesses have come
forth, including one who admitted to the shooting, and
WHEREAS:Court hearings show that the trial, the defense, and
the evidence against him were tainted, that he was denied
the right to act as his own attorney, and that acquitting
evidence was not presented to the jury, and
WHEREAS:In 1995 corruption in the Philadelphia police
department was exposed, including frame-ups based on false,
planted evidence and coerced witnesses, especially against
African-Americans, and hundreds of cases were thrown out,
but not Mumia's, and
WHEREAS:The San Francisco Labor Council, calling for a new
trial for Mumia, cited "contradictory evidence from police,
coercion, intimidation, suppression of critical evidence,
and the exclusion of African-American jurors," and
WHEREAS:The AFL-CIO's Work in Progress cited Mumia's support
for NABET/CWA workers striking against ABC, even at the cost
of allowing ABC's 20/20 to air a one-sided version of the
case against him, and
WHEREAS:The International Longshore and Warehouse Union shut
down all ports on the west coast on April 24, 1999, as part
of a national effort to prevent Mumia's execution, and
WHEREAS, Mumia Abu-Jamal's struggle for a new trial has been
endorsed by such AFL-CIO affiliates as the Service Employees
International Union, the American Postal Workers Union, the
California State Federation of Labor, and by city
governments and by organizations such as the NAACP, Amnesty
International, American Friends Service Committee
and the European Parliament, therefore be it
RESOLVED: That this Sixth Biennial Convention of APALA
commend Mumia Abu-Jamal for his principled and courageous
acts of union solidarity and we continue to take our place
alongside those labor organizations who stand up against
racism and injustice, demanding justice and a new trial for
Mumia Abu-Jamal; and be it further
RESOLVED:That we call upon Justice William Yohn to hear
Mumia Abu-Jamal's new evidence and witnesses, and be it
further
RESOLVED:That we support the LABOR FOR MUMIA Campaign urging
the entire labor movement to educate our members using
resources such as websites (www.mumia.org,
www.freemumia.com, www.freemumia.org) and to bring organized
labor's power to bear to assure Justice for
Mumia Abu-Jamal; and be it further
RESOLVED: That APALA forward this resolution and encourage
its adoption by the national Executive Council of the
AFL-CIO.
Seattle Chapter of APALA
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