Columbus AFL-CIO

Nov. 12, 2008

Helmets to Hardhats helps the nation’s veterans find family-supporting careers in building and construction trades.

The multimillion-dollar corporate campaign against pro-working family candidates who back the Employee Free Choice Act fell flat. Six brand-new U.S. senators—strong supporters of the bill—won, and a new poll shows that anti-union advertising was among the least important factors in determining voters’ choices.

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Voters Reject Corporate Lies About Employee Free Choice

Honoring U.S. Vets by Ensuring They Get Jobs

New Book Showcases Katrina Fire Fighters’ Sacrifices

Union Veterans Backed Obama Nov. 4

Elections Give Big Boost to Trade Reform

Working Families Cast Votes for Health Care Reform

New Congress: A Mandate for Economic Change

100,000 New York AFSCME Members Win 8 Percent Raise and More Bargaining News

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.



Nov. 10, 2008

Daily Kos contributor Mojave Mike says
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka played a big role in winning the blue-collar union vote for Barack Obama.

UAW President Ron Gettelfinger says there is “an urgent need” for government action to help the auto industry, its workers and retirees. Without quick action to revive the industry, “the alternative is lost jobs, business failures and a shortfall in pension and health care obligations.”

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Gettelfinger: Urgent Need for Federal Aid to Save Auto Industry

Kudos to AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Trumka

Seafarer Honored for Risking Life in 24-Foot Waves to Save Drowning Man

Union Member Makes a Difference for African Village

Kriger Named Provost at National Labor College

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.

Nov. 7, 2008

Wal-Mart’s fierce anti-union tactics show why the Employee Free Choice Act is needed.

The Bush jobs disaster continues—240,000 jobs were lost in October and the new 6.5 percent unemployment rate is the highest since 1994. In the last year of the Bush administration, nearly 1 million workers have lost their jobs. It is past time for an immediate, short-term economic recovery program for working families.

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Disaster: 240,000 Jobs Lost in October

Wal-Mart: Discounted Workers’ Rights

Senate Update: Merkley Headed to Senate, Three Races Still Unknown

Air Line Pilots Union Leader on Federal Panel to Improve Runway Safety

Global Labor Photo of Year: UK Strike

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.



Nov. 5, 2008

A big win for Barack Obama and America’s working families.

During the campaign and on Election Day, union members, especially in battleground states, helped propel Barack Obama to the presidency. More than 250,000 union volunteers got the union vote out and in key states union voters cast their ballots for Obama by 69 percent to 28 percent—a 41-point margin. Good work!

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Union Voters Helped Propel Obama, Working Family Candidates to Victory

Obama–Biden Win for Working Families

More Senate News: A Win in New Mexico, Loss in Kentucky

Warner, Hagan, Shaheen Win Senate Seats

Voter Deception Continues Up to the Last Minutes of Election

Students, AFL-CIO Stand Up to Republican Challenge in Ohio

Arizona Native Americans Forced to Use Provisional Ballots

Obama’s Final Campaign Stop: UAW Phone Bank in Indiana

Strickland: Any Call You Make Could Be the Deciding Factor

Judge Issues Restraining Order in Virginia Vote

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.

Nov. 4, 2008

Make sure you vote today and the
AFL-CIO’s My Vote, My Right program will make sure your vote is counted.

Record numbers of people are heading to the polls today and there is a real possibility of snafus and attempts at outright voter suppression. The
AFL-CIO’s My Vote, My Right program has dispatched volunteer union members and lawyers around the country to ensure your vote is counted.

What was your voting experience like today? Tell us in an open thread here.

‘My Vote, My Right’ Ready to Protect Voters on Election Day

Senate Candidates Join Working Families to Get Out the Vote

If It Looks, Acts and Quacks Like a Big Turnout...

International Visitors Observe Milwaukee Union Movement’s GOTV Efforts

Unresolved Illegal Firings: Another Reason to Pass Employee Free Choice

After a Year, Bargaining Set for Casino Workers at Foxwoods

FCC Rushing to Approve Important Rule Without Public Input

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.

Nov. 3, 2008

In Kentucky, Working America members, union volunteers and AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker mobilized to “ditch” Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Throughout the country, union members are making their final push to propel Barack Obama to the White House tomorrow and put pro-worker lawmakers in Congress. Check out the latest from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado and other battleground states.

Quick Poll: Are you concerned about the price of such goods as gasoline and food?

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Energized, Mobilized, Thousands of Union Volunteers GOTV

Biden, Sweeney Rally Workers in Ohio

Holt Baker Energizes Bluegrass Workers to ‘Ditch Mitch’

Get Out the Vote NOW

Remembering Studs Terkel

Machinists Ratify Boeing Contract, End Strike

Priest Runs New York City Marathon to Honor Killed Construction Workers

Economy Melts Down Near Wall Street—Literally

After Four Years, Pace University Faculty Get First Contract

Forget Dracula. The Bush Economy Sends Chills up Our Spines

World War II Resistance Fighter Prays for Obama, Mark Warner to Win Nov. 4

Kudos to AFSCME Ohio Housing Inspector, Unionist Bill McEntee

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.



Oct. 31, 2008

A shrinking economy, growing unemployment and a Wall Street meltdown means we need a working families economic recovery package now.

Building on the AFL-CIO’s yearlong union member mobilization, in the next four days tens of thousands of volunteers are joining a huge get-out-the-vote drive. They will visit more than 3.9 million union households, make 5.5 million calls and distribute more than 2 million leaflets at worksites urging union voters to get to the polls in support of working family candidates.

Quick Poll: How often do you pay attention to politics?

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

A Toast: To Union Volunteers and the 2008 GOTV

Economy, Consumer Spending Sink. We Need a Recovery Package Now

Painters, Steelworkers, Machinists, Sheet Metal Workers in Election Flurry

Report: Labor Department Double Standard Lets Union-Busters Off Hook

McCain’s Health Care Proposal Doesn’t Have a Heart

Boeing Engineers Begin Talks; Machinists Prepare to Vote on New Pact

In New Hampshire, Unions Unite for Obama

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.

Oct. 30, 2008

John McCain may want to hide his anti-working family record, but Virginia union members ‘ratted’ him out this week.

A record turnout, new voting machines and voter suppression tactics could create a massive Election Day mess. Millions already have voted early and you should if you can. But if you can’t, know your polling place, take proper identification and, just to be on the safe side, don’t wear buttons, caps or shirts supporting a particular candidate or make sure you can cover them up. Click here for more ways to protect your vote.

Quick Poll: Do newspaper endorsements influence the way you vote?

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Be Prepared for Long Lines, Snafus on Election Day

Virginia Union Voters Count the Ways McCain Opposes Workers’ Issues

Arizona’s Unions: A November Surprise in McCain’s Back Yard?

Do You Get Time Off to Vote?

USW Raises Questions about Treasury’s Bailout of Financial Firms

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.

Oct. 29, 2008

Just like President Bush, John McCain says he would veto the Employee Free Choice Act. Barack Obama will sign it.

John McCain’s health care plan would tax employer-provided coverage and provide health care tax credits for workers to buy their own private insurance. Nearly all the experts say the tax credits wouldn’t buy much coverage—and now, the McCain camp top policy adviser agrees, telling CNN, employer coverage is “way better than what [people] could get with the tax credit.”

Quick Poll: Do you feel better off today than you did eight years ago?

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

McCain Campaign on McCain Health Care Plan: Employer Plans Better Than Ours

McCain Says He Would Block Employee Free Choice Act

Sarah Palin’s Neiman Marxist Wardrobe

Holt Baker: Union Households Can Decide Election

CNA's Rolling Road Show for Health Care Hits Key Battleground States

UAW on the Air for Three Key Senate Races

Union Volunteers Mobilizing Like the Future Depended on It (It Does)

In Working-Class Pennsylvania, Union Reps and Football Stars Make Strong Case for Obama—and Against McCain

Mobilizing for Political Change Like Mobilizing for a Contract: We Need to Do Both

Striking Boeing Workers Reach Tentative Deal

Retiree Roadrunner Project Showcases Seniors' Concerns

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.



Oct. 28, 2008

Union members, including these ‘Bikers for Obama,’ are revving up to get out the vote on Election Day.

Some 4,500 registered voters in Georgia have had their citizenship—and the right to vote that comes with it—questioned, as the state purged some 50,000 voters from the rolls because of supposed computer mismatches. Republican Secretary of State Karen Handel says this isn’t “voter suppression,” but that’s absurd. It’s the latest example of Republican operatives across the country attempting to keep new voters and Democratic voters from the polls.

Quick Poll: Do you have a good idea now about which candidate you are likely to vote for in November 2008?

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Republican Operatives Step Up Attempts to Purge Voters

Bikers Rally For Obama

Striking Boeing Workers Reach Tentative Deal

Minnesota Union Members Honor Wellstone by Getting Out the Vote

Rep. Keith Ellison: Employee Free Choice Act Will Strengthen the Economy

Health Care Costs Rise, Wages Fall

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.

Oct. 27, 2008

With new radio ads—including one featuring Judge Greg Mathis—the AFL-CIO’s My Vote, My Right program is urging voters to protect their right to vote.

Last week, a top campaign adviser for John McCain dismissed Northern Virginia as not being part of the “real Virginia,” which she claimed is McCain country. We’ve got news for her: Union members from Norfolk to Richmond to Roanoke are keeping it “real” for Barack Obama in this key battleground state.

Quick Poll: When do you typically vote?

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Virginians Say: Obama, U Betcha

AFL-CIO Voter Protection Radio Ads Launch Tomorrow

Trumka Rallies, Leaflets with Union Members in New Mexico

Sen. Clinton, Rep. Lewis, Sweeney, Holt Baker Rally Seniors for Obama

U.S. Economy Needs Bailout for America’s Workers

Union Plus Tips for Making It Through Tough Economic Times

Pittsburgh Workers Share Roundtable Talk with Economist Jared Bernstein

Apply Now for 2009 Union Plus Scholarships
Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.

Oct. 24, 2008

Working America and the Sierra Club say it’s time to create a ‘green’ economy to fight global warming and create good jobs.

Working families across the country have a chance to put a filibuster-proof, pro-worker, 60-vote majority in the Senate on Election Day. That would end the stranglehold a minority of anti-worker senators has used to block the Employee Free Choice Act, fair pay legislation, economic recovery for working families and more. Working with ActBlue, the AFL-CIO is helping progressive Senate candidates raise the resources they need to win.

Quick Poll: Are you satisfied with the current set of presidential candidates?

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Here’s How You Can Join the Fight for 60 in the Senate

Skip to Front of the Line: Vote Early!

CWA Joins Blue Green Alliance

Union Veterans: McCain’s Record Doesn’t Support Vets

Working America, Sierra Club Call for Green Jobs

Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola: Obama Is Best Hope for New Economy

Indiana Working Families Share Economic Concerns with AFL-CIO President Sweeney

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.



Oct. 23, 2008

In Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race, union voters are working hard to ‘Ditch Mitch’ McConnell.

The largest-ever union member political mobilization is set to kick it up to warp speed as it moves to get out the vote for a fast-approaching Election Day. Already in the drive to put Barack Obama in the White House and elect working family candidates, a quarter of a million union volunteers have reached more union families than ever before—70 million phone calls, 27 million worksite fliers and 10 million door knocks.

Quick Poll: Does it matter to you whether a presidential candidate is divorced?

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Largest-Ever Union Get-Out-the-Vote Drive Kicks Off

Kentucky Union Voters Hope to ‘Ditch Mitch,’ Send Lunsford to Senate

Thousands of Workers Gain a Voice at Work with AFL-CIO Unions

A Dead Bear, Slashed Tires and More Dirty Election Moves in N.C.

Bush Republicans Spread the Wealth—Among Wall Street CEOs

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.

October 22, 2008

Talking with union members in Maine, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker says Barack Obama will help turn the economy around.

John McCain is giving us “straight talk”—out of both sides of his mouth when it comes reining in Wall Street greed and supporting George Bush. McCain, who has always touted his reputation as a “deregulator,” now claims he wants to clamp down on Wall Street. He says, “I’m not George Bush,” but he doesn’t mention his 90 percent pro-Bush voting record. Flip-flops aren’t just for feet anymore.

Quick Poll: Whom do you trust most for information about House and Senate candidates?

Got comments? Post them at www.aflcio.org/blog.

Straight Talk—or Double Talk?

Holt Baker: We Must Change the Direction of the Country

Bailout for Wall Street Won’t Work Without Aid for Working Families

Mind the Gap: U.S. Wage Disparity Worst Among 30 Nations

Fire Fighters Ad Says ‘No Thanks’ to McCain Health Care Tax

Republicans Caught Engaging in Voter Registration Fraud, Dirty Tricks

Jobs Down in 41 States and District of Columbia

Getting Out Every Vote in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Ohio

20 Million Jobless Projected as Global Wealth Gap Widens

Trumka’s BBC Interview on Cable Today

Minnesota Rep. Ellison Takes on Big Business Smears

Labor Union Women Get Out the Vote Through Count to 5! Campaign

Read more important news of the day on the issues working families care about on AFL-CIO Now.

Paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, www.aflcio.org , and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Visit the Web address below to tell your friends about this.
Tell-a-friend!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Working Families e-Activist Network.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the e-Activist Network, or update your account settings, please visit your subscription management page.