Rank And File Is More Involved As Unions Endorse Presidential Candidates

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/6784

Rank And File Is More Involved As Unions Endorse Presidential Candidates - 09/11/07

By Doug Cunningham

As labor unions endorse and ponder endorsements of presidential candidates AFSCME’s Gerald McEntee says that although the AFL-CIO has not reached a two-thirds consensus on which candidate to back, individual unions are involving their rank and file members more than ever before when they endorse candidates.

: “They really should – must – go through a process and a procedure where they’re really talking to their members, where they’re really holding meetings, where they’re really bringing these candidates in. And thus far, that process is being followed by unions.”

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney says labor’s political clout will be bigger than ever in 2008.

: “One out of every four voters was a union member or from a union household. And we will be undertaking that kind of campaign, stronger than ever, with more resources than we’ve ever put into a campaign. And I anticipate that, with a little help from God, we will be successful.”

[MadMaddie]

1. One of the biggest fears of the Rethugs are Unions....

The Unions are coming back and they are going to make a difference..