‘John McCain Is Not Our Friend’

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/03/16/john-mccain-is-not-our-friend/

Ben Waxman, national AFL-CIO Ohio state director, sends us this report from Cleveland.

If the spirit and tenacity recently displayed by a group of union activists is any sign, then Republican presidential candidate John McCain is in for the fight of his life.



In the face of Ohio’s biggest snowstorm since 1910, union members earlier this week braved the roads and fierce winter weather, driving to Cleveland from as far away as Columbus and Detroit to learn how they can make difference in the upcoming 2008 elections.

The two dozen local activists took part in a special a three-day Labor 2008 political training session for women and people of color. The sessions focused on member mobilization, election law, activist building, political communication and a special workshop on the AFL-CIO’s health care reform efforts. It was a joint effort of the Ohio AFL-CIO and the national AFL-CIO.

Eric Evans, a member of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 683 in Columbus, says it’s critical that grassroots union activists and local union leaders build an aggressive and effective mobilization program because:

John McCain is not our friend….We need to get out members out and get candidates into office that are going to help us out…the labor movement.


FULL story at link.

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[driver8]

1. Omaha Steve, where did you get that poster of Bush??

That is one of the funniest things I have ever seen!