Resolutions (updated Feb. 1, 2023)
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The following U.S. City Councils, County Boards, State Legislatures, School Boards, Labor Councils, Unions, Workers Organizations, and other organizations have passed 68 resolutions which have addressed:
- Supporting ending the U.S. embargo/blockade on Cuba, and
- Saving Lives through scientific collaboration with Cuba regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Urging that Cuba be removed from the U.S. List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
Some levels of these governmental units or labor unions have passed more than one resolution regarding Ending the Embargo, Saving Lives, and/or Removing from Terrorism list. This is indicated next to the name of each with the name(s) of one or more resolutions. Units of government are now sending letters individually signed by elected officials to the President and Congressional delegations.
These units of government and labor organizations together represent over 43 million people as part of their populations.
City Councils
Baltimore, Maryland (End the Embargo)
Berkeley, California (3 resolutions: End the Embargo, Saving Lives, Remove from Terrorism List)
Boston, Massachusetts (End the Embargo)
Bloomington, Indiana (Remove from Terrorism List and End the Embargo)
Brookline, Massachusetts (2 resolutions: End the Embargo, Saving Lives)
Cambridge, Massachusetts (2 resolutions: Saving Lives, End the Embargo)
Chicago, Illinois (End the Embargo)
Cleveland, Ohio (End the Embargo)
Detroit Michigan (End the Embargo)
Hartford, Connecticut (End the Embargo)
Helena, Montana (End the Embargo)
Madison, Wisconsin (End the Embargo)
Meridian Township, Michigan (End the Embargo)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (2 resolutions: Saving Lives, End the Embargo, Council letter on Remove from Terrorism list)
New Haven, Connecticut (End the Embargo)
Oakland, California (2 resolutions: End the Embargo, Saving Lives)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2 resolutions: End the Embargo, Saving Lives)
Richmond, California (2 resolutions: End the Embargo, Saving Lives)
Sacramento, California (2 resolutions: End the Embargo, Saving Lives)
St. Paul, Minnesota (2 resolutions: End the Embargo, Welcoming Cuban diplomats and End the Embargo)
San Francisco, California (Saving Lives)
Santa Cruz, California (Saving Lives)
Seattle, Washington (2 resolutions: End the Embargo, Saving Lives
Somerville, Massachusetts (End the Blockade & Remove from Terrorism list)
Windham and Willimantic, Connecticut (End the Blockade)
County Boards
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (End the Embargo)
Wayne County, Michigan (End the Embargo)
State Legislatures
State of Alabama Senate (End the Embargo)
State of Illinois House of Representatives (End the Embargo)
State of Michigan Senate (End the Embargo)
State of Minnesota legislature (2 resolutions: End the Embargo passed in Senate and House, Saving Lives resolution introduced in Senate and House both in 2020 and 2021 sessions)
School Boards
Lennox Public Schools (Los Angeles)
Milwaukee Public SchoolsLabor Councils, Unions and Workers Organizations
AFSCME 3800, Minnesota
AFT Local 2334 CUNY, Professional Staff Congress
ATU Local 1005, Minnesota
Albany, New York, Labor Council
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
California Federation of Labor
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Fresno Central Labor Council, California
Inlandboatmen’s Union of Pacific (End the Blockade, Remove from Terrorism List)
ILWU 2021 International Convention
Martin Luther King, Jr. County Labor Council, King County, Washington
National Black Worker Center
Professional Staff Congress, City University of New York
Sacramento Central Labor Council, California (Remove from Terrorism List, End the Blockade)
San Francisco Labor Council, California
Troy, New York Labor Council (End the Embargo, Remove from Terrorism List)
Washington State Labor Council
Organizations
Miami-Dade Democratic Party
Midwestern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Zapata – King Neighborhood Council of Los Angeles
Compiled by Saving Lives Campaign – Resolutions Committee
www.savinglivescampaign.org, February 1, 2023
For changes to this list, please contact Marcy Shapiro at [email protected]
