Aug 5, 2024
The AFL-CIO North Bay Labor Council & North Bay Building Construction Trades Council Joint Statement
Public Statement on the Proposed Koi Nation Casino & Resort
Santa Rosa - August 5, 2024 –
Today the AFL-CIO North Bay Labor Council & North Bay Building Construction Trades Council1 calls upon the Northern California Carpenters Regional Council to retract their misguided and deeply offensive statements of support for the application of the Koi Nation of Northern California to acquire 68 acres of land for a proposed gaming casino and resort in Sonoma County.
We join in opposition with the five federally recognized indigenous Sonoma County based Tribes (Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria, Dry Creek Rancheria, Lytton Rancheria, Stewarts Point Rancheria & Cloverdale Rancheria).
The Windsor Proposal clearly does not meet the Federal requirements of having a “significant historical connection” to ancestral lands, and lacks the cultural ties of villages, subsistence use, or burial sites.
We also join with our local Federal, State, County & City Elected Representatives who have expressed strong opposition to the Koi Nation application and proposal for Windsor Casino Resort.
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For more information, press only:
Jack A. Buckhorn Michael Allen
Executive Director Secretary-Treasurer
North Bay Labor Council North Bay Building Construction Trades Council
jbuckhorn_nblc@att.net mallen@pon.net
(707) 477-9140 (m) (707) 695-6454 (m)
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1 The North Bay Labor Council and North Bay Building Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO jointly represent over 75 affiliated unions with memberships of over 70,000 workers