AFT BOYCOTT OF STATES WHICH REFUSE TO RATIFY THE ERA

WHEREAS, the American Federation of Teachers supports the ratification of the proposed 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution known as the Equal Rights Amendment; and

WHEREAS, the ERA needs thirty-eight states to be ratified and then can be added to the United States Con­stitution making discrimination against women unconstitutional for the first time; and

WHEREAS, many organizations, including labor unions, are supporting the boycott which is being successful in putting pressure on those states which refuse to recognize the importance of equality of rights under the law for all citizens:

RESOLVED, that while the ratification of ERA is pending, the American Federation of Teachers hold no more conventions and QuEST conferences in those states which have not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution; and

RESOLVED, that the same resolution be submitted similarly to the next Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO.