McCain Evades South Florida Union Members

[Earth Bound Misfit]

Source: AFL-CIO

John McCain showed up in Miami yesterday for a speech, and southern Florida workers came out to challenge him to address the issues that matter to working families.

The McCain event attracted 35 union members, who asked the Republican presidential candidate for answers on health care, Social Security and trade.

Unfortunately, just like the last time McCain had a chance to talk to Florida union members, he ignored them—and their real concerns. McCain claimed people think the country is on the wrong track because the Colombia Free Trade Agreement didn’t pass.

Fred Frost, president of the South Florida AFL-CIO, said McCain’s comments on Columbia were particularly striking, because they showed that McCain’s priorities don’t match up with those of working families.

It’s all about corporate profits. It’s immoral what they do to the working people over there.

As long as McCain pays more attention to lobbyists than to working families, he’ll keep being confronted on his record and his rhetoric. McCain needs to change course and propose solutions that really turn around America.

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/05/21/mccain-evades-florida-union-members/