The national labor union has not typically weighed in on the abortion debate, but the CLF voted to ask the AFL-CIO ''to reconsider its position of neutrality on the issue.''
The California Labor Federation (CLF), a labor union coalition recently voted to oppose a parental notification measure on the California ballot this November. The group, which represents 2.1 million workers affiliated with 1,100 unions, also approved a policy statement calling on the national AFL-CIO to endorse abortion. The national labor union has not typically weighed in on the abortion debate but the CLF voted to ask the AFL-CIO ''to reconsider its position of neutrality on the issue.'' The most recent version of the AFL-CIO policy statement on abortion, adopted in 1990, leaves it up to individual union members to arrive at their own conclusions on the matter.