Statements & Resolutions
November 16, 2023
Statement: CWG Stands with Palestine
The Campaign Workers Guild (CWG) is anti-imperialist, anti-fascist, anti-apartheid, and anti-colonialism, in all its forms. We believe that no innocent person anywhere should die due to decisions and actions of their governments, and we mourn for all losses of civilian life: Israeli, Palestinian, and others. We believe that the safety of Israelis and Palestinians are not mutually exclusive, but rather, fundamentally must be achieved together. We condemn Hamas’s attack on civilians on October 7th. We condemn Israel’s continued, indiscriminate assault on Gaza. We support calls from Israeli families for a full prisoner-hostage exchange–everyone for everyone. We recognize that these recent escalations are part of a nearly century-old conflict rooted in settler-colonialism that has and is resulting in ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians. We stand and take action in solidarity with unionists from around the globe, and at this moment are following the leadership of Palestinian unionists.
2021
Resolution: in Solidarity with the
Palestinian People
December 23, 2020
Statement: The Campaign Workers Guild on Police Unions and the labor movement
Police unions have no place in the labor movement. To uphold a labor movement that stands for racial justice, we must close the doors to oppressors. We are calling on the AFL-CIO to disaffiliate with the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA). The Campaign Workers Guild (CWG) was formed to transform our industry and improve equity and accessibility within the campaign and political advocacy industry, and we unequivocally stand with the Black Lives Matter Movement. There is a disconnect between the functions of police unions and the AFL-CIO’s stated goals to ‘to vanquish oppression, privation and cruelty in all their forms’ and to improve the lives of working families and pursue social equity.
May 26, 2020
Statement: In Response to the Murder of George Floyd
We are furious and deeply saddened by the murder of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers. His murder is profoundly tragic, yet not unique; it builds on 400 years of state-sanctioned violence and police brutality against our Black brothers, sisters, and siblings, including the recent murders of both Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade.