Republicans and Unions... I need info

[holiday]

My husband works for a company that has a pretty strong union (also a union that was locked out of their plant for over a year). The problem is they still keep voting republican even though, when they were locked out all of our republican politicians wouldn't give them a the time of day (including ole Boehner)...

Someone from work sent my husband an email that's going around now, where it takes quotes out of Obama's book, out of context to make him sound like he is racist and muslim. I have debunked that.. but I am writing in the email how republicans don't like unions and always undermine them and side with the company. My husband can forward this to a lot of these workers and I'm in a battleground state.

So I've got the story about Walmart trying to get it's employees to vote McCain

anyone have anything else I could use? Not sure if it will work but it might. If I can change their mind, using the Union that means so much to them.. It would be nice.

[billyoc]

1. The words of their own Union leaders might help:

http://www.ohaflcio.org/

[holiday]

2. ha found one

you should try united steel workers website.. look at some of their articles on the right hand side lmao

http://www.usw.org/

[EC]

3. Republicans put in anti-union policies in the bill to finance re-building

of NOLA knowing Democratic members wouldn't vote for it, there-by getting a political commercial out of it instead of caring about the actual people of NOLA. They did the same thing on an anti- terrorism bill that they used to oust Max Cleland saying he voted against the funding for anti-terrorist personnel, because he did vote against it because Repubs wanted no Union people.


And the Unions are backing Obama and many of them have formed 527's to put out advertising for him..

[blondeatlast]

4. Are you aware of so-called "Right to Work" laws? Nasty stuff and very labor unfriendly. Link:

http://www.aflcio.org/issues/legislativealert/stateissues/work/

[holiday]

6. thanks, I told my hubby to forward to them all.. This stuff is actually

real facts other than the stupid fake Obama is a muslim emails lol. This is something that actually effects their daily lives.

I also let them know about those right to work laws.. told them to be careful voting republican ha ha

[democrattotheend]

5. Which union?

I work for a union and can see if I can get customized flyers for the particular union that says why McCain is bad for them.

[ogneopasno]

7. What are they voting on? Guns?

If their union's busted by voting Republican, they won't be able to afford guns or vacations to go hunting, now, will they?

There's also this:
* * * * * * * *
Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance -- now Joe gets it, too.

Joe prepares his morning breakfast; bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and the amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air.

He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.

If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FDIC (or the NCUA, if he's part of a credit union) because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.

oe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads.

He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans.

The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."

[BlooInBloo]

8. It's not possible to changed bigots' minds with facts.

[Obamarulz11]

9. Heres an article about Walmart, Republicans and unions

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they'll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies - including Wal-Mart.

In recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart store managers and department heads have been summoned to mandatory meetings at which the retailer stresses the downside for workers if stores were to be unionized.

According to about a dozen Wal-Mart employees who attended such meetings in seven states, Wal-Mart executives claim that employees at unionized stores would have to pay hefty union dues while getting nothing in return, and may have to go on strike without compensation. Also, unionization could mean fewer jobs as labor costs rise.

The actions by Wal-Mart - the nation's largest private employer and Colorado's largest employer - reflect a growing concern among big business that a reinvigorated labor movement could reverse years of declining union membership.

That could lead to higher payroll and health costs for companies already being hurt by rising fuel and commodities costs and the tough economic climate.

The Wal-Mart human-resources managers who run the meetings don't specifically tell attendees how to vote in November's election but make it clear that voting for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama would be tantamount to inviting unions in, according to Wal-Mart employees who attended gatherings in Maryland, Missouri and other states.

"The meeting leader said, 'I am not telling you how to vote, but if the Democrats win, this bill will pass and you won't have a vote on whether you want a union,' " said a Wal-Mart customer-service supervisor from Missouri. "I am not a stupid person. They were telling me how to vote," she said.

[Obamarulz11]

10. heres the link for more

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/01/wal-marts-message-obama-win-means-more-unions/

[krawhitham]

11. AK Steel?