After a four day meeting, the AFL-CIO's executive council released a statement on Thursday which calls the United States to work multilaterally to resove the Iraq crisis. The AFL-CIO aruges that war should only be utilized as a last resort that is decided upon by the global community.

To see the full statement: www.afl-cio.org/aboutaflcio/ecouncil/ec02272003h.cfm