Penn AFL-CIO Criticizes Curt Weldon for False Comments About Labor Support

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AFL-CIO President William George criticized Republican Congressman Curt Weldon
for his attempt to mislead viewers during a nationally televised interview
over labor support for his campaign.

The facts are that the union members in the 7th Congressional are
mobilizing union household support for Democrat Joe Sestak, who is
committed to fighting for workers on the issues that matter most:
protecting good jobs from unfair trade deals, improving access to health
care, defending the prevailing wage and refusing any pay increase until the
minimum wage is increased for low wage earners.

The facts are that the Unions and the Union members in the 7th
Congressional District are seeking to take back the Congress by defeating
Congressman Curt Weldon who has turned his back on the workers he is
supposed to represent by rubber-stamping Bush's corporate agenda: voting
for unfair trade deals and rewarding companies that move good jobs out of
the country that diminish our living standards and shrink the middle class
of our nation
* Curt Weldon sided with the Bush Administration and voted for the unfair
Central American Free Trade Agreement, which sends American jobs
overseas and weakens protections for workers here in America
* Curt Weldon voted for a bill pushed by the Bush Administration that
provided $40 billion in tax breaks for companies that export jobs and
$140 billion in new corporate tax cuts.
* Cut Weldon voted to slash billions from Health and Education

It is a disappointing and a disgraceful act on the part of Curt Weldon
to try and mislead voters about his record and performance. Curt Weldon
owes the working people and the labor movement an apology and should stop
trying to mislead the voters about support that does not in fact exist.

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[Tanuki]

1. Thanks--this deserves to be widely publicized

k & r