Politics
2008
Politics
2008
Change starts with me in Maine
IBEW LOCAL 1253 PAC Committee members
Jeffery Rose email; jeff@ibew1253.org
Calvin Murphy email; calvin@ibew1253.org
Nick Paquet
Steve Cunningham email; Scunni900@aol.com
Tim Bickford email; tim_bic@hotmail.com
Tom Staples email; tomstaples550@aol.com
Upcoming Labor events:
Walk the Walk to Turn Around America!
THURSDAY SEPT. 4th, 4:30pm in Lewiston & Westbrook
On Thursday, September 4th, John McCain will be nominated as the
Republican candidate for President. Please join with other union
members in Maine prior to his acceptance speech for a Labor to
Labor door to door walk in Lewiston/Auburn and Westbrook talking
to union members about the truth about John McCain’s anti-worker
record and working to defeat the Bush/McCain agenda.
Once you arrive, you will get trained and then teamed up to go out and talk with union members about what the McCain/Bush agenda is doing to working families.
Congressman Tom Allen will be joining us for the Westbrook walk.
PLEASE RSVP.
And Please encourage your members to attend these walks – a flyer for each walk is attached & all the information you need is below.
WESTBROOK LABOR TO LABOR WALK
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4th
NALC BRANCH 92 UNION OFFICE
4:30pm-8:00pm (If you cannot make 4:30, please come when you can)
For more info: Peggy Bogart @ 776-8864; email: secretarylocal458@yahoo.com
AUBURN LABOR TO LABOR WALK
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4th
IBEW 567 Union Hall, 238 Goddard Road, Lewiston
4:30pm-8:00pm (If you cannot make 4:30, please come when you can)
For more info: Matt Schlobohm, 576-3572 or email: matt@maineaflcio.org
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2008
Barack Obama: The Best Choice for Working Families
IBEW Endorses Democratic Candidate, Vows All-Out Push
Washington
– The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers today joined in organized labor’s endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for President of the United States."Our union deliberately did not endorse a candidate in the primaries because we wanted our members to listen to all the candidates and participate in the process. Now is the time to join with the labor movement to unite behind the candidate who offers the best choice to reverse the disastrous policies of the past eight years," said IBEW International President Edwin D. Hill. "The issues are clear. We as a people face difficult choices on health care, energy policy and building jobs and opportunity in a world increasingly bound by economic and environmental issues. Barack Obama offers positive leadership to navigate our way into the future instead of continuing the failures of the past."
The IBEW has been engaged in vigorous training at the local level in order to increase voter registration and participation by members and their families. The union is committed to its largest mobilization effort ever for pro-worker candidates up and down the ballot.
"We want to engage our members and all working people on the need for action on the issues that make a difference in our daily lives," added Hill. It is time to move beyond name calling and division so that our country can take positive action on the challenges we face."
IBEW Local PAC Committee has officially endorsed Democratic nominees Barack Obama, Chellie Pingree,Tom Allen and Mike Michuad
Federal races: Maine State races:
Congressional Race State House Candidates
Chellie Pingree for Congress 1 st District
HouseMike Michaud for Congress 2nd District
Senate Race State Senate Candidates
Tom Allen for U.S. Senate Senate
Dear LU 1253 Member and Family,
Local 1253’s Pac Committee has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president.
Barack Obama says that “politics didn’t lead me to working folks; working folks led me to politics.” After college, he worked as a community organizer in a Chicago neighborhood devastated by the closing of steel mills. He worked with community members to get a job-training program in the area and get the city to test housing projects for asbestos. He talks about his time in that community as being the inspiration for what he does as a public servant.
Barack Obama will side with workers. In the Illinois State Senate and U.S. Senate, Obama has consistently supported our issues, living up to his words. He voted to raise the minimum wage, enforce prevailing wages and guarantee equal pay. Obama wants to close corporate tax loopholes so we don’t reward corporations for sending our jobs overseas and only enter trade agreements with strong labor protections. He will protect Social Security and opposes any effort to privatize it.
Barack Obama was an original co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act and has pledged to sign it into law when elected to protect the middle class and give every worker the right to decide if they want to join a union and bargain collectively. His health plan will cover all workers and ensure high-quality coverage. Obama will work on behalf of all workers, regardless of their race. He will get us out of Iraq so our family members can come home safe and proud of all they accomplished.
Frankly, John McCain would be a disaster for working families. McCain strongly opposes the Employee Free Choice Act and long has worked to take away our unions through “right to work” for less laws and by blocking our collective bargaining rights. He voted to allow companies to hire permanent replacements for striking workers and believes workers are “crippled” by union contracts that protect their rights.
McCain supports Big Oil over working families. He wants to give the largest U.S. oil companies $3.8 billion in tax breaks but tax workers’ health care benefits. McCain never met a trade agreement he didn’t like and wants to privatize Social Security. We need a president who will help us turn around America, not one who will fight us every step of the way. That’s why your union has endorsed Barack Obama for president.
We also wanted to let you know about our endorsed Senate Candidate, Congressman Tom Allen. Tom Allen has a proven record in Congress fighting hard for working families. He co-sponsored and voted for the Employee Free Choice Act; he opposes unfair trade deals and he has a lifetime AFL-CIO voting record of 96%. More information about Congressman Tom Allen is included on the back of the enclosed leaflet.
In Solidarity,
Local 1253’s Pac Committee
Jeff Rose
Calvin Murphy
Nick Paquet
Stephen Cunningham
Tim Bickford
