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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-09-08 03:50 PM
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If you work in the USA, voting for McCain is a vote against your own interests (the work book)

http://anti-union.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-you-work-in-usa-voting-for-mccain-is.html

Saturday, March 8, 2008
If you work in the USA, voting for McCain is a vote against your own interests

While I dislike all the candidates which the Main Stream Media picked for us, I certainly wouldn't vote for this vehemently anti-labor turd.

Came across this at Broadcast Union News, who made a quick breakdown from the AFL-CIO's recently launched McCain Revealed page, of the important reasons why John McCain is not a choice for any worker.

From Working Families Vote 2008

Click here for the work book: http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/mccain.cfm

FACTS are FACTS


McCAIN WILL NOT PROTECT OUR RIGHTS

Sen. John McCain is clearly not a fan of workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain for better wages and benefits. He has spoken out against unions and consistently voted against collective bargaining rights for workers. Union members know the right to bargain is essential to preserving good jobs with good wages and benefits.

McCAIN DOESN’T LIKE UNIONS

McCain: Unions Have Played ‘Important Role’ But Have ‘Serious Excesses.’ When asked if unions are good for America, McCain responded, “I think the unions have played a very important role in the history of this country to improve the plight and conditions of laboring Americans. I think that like many other monopolies, in some cases they have then serious excesses.”

* McCain: Teachers’ Unions Serve Unions’ Interest, NOT Children’s Interest. McCain has repeatedly attacked teachers’ unions. “It’s time to break the grip of the education monopoly that serves the union bosses at the expense of our children,” he said.

McCain Says Government Workers Are ‘Crippled’ by Union Contracts. In his speech to the Oklahoma State Legislature, McCain said, “We must streamline our workforce, demand high standards of behavior, promote excellence at every level based on merit and accountability, and not let good workers be crippled by the fine print of the latest union contract…. The civil service has strayed from its reformist roots and has mutated into a no-accountability zone, where employment is treated as an entitlement, good performance as an option, and accountability as someone else’s problem.”


McCAIN OPPOSES OUR FREEDOM TO FORM UNIONS


FULL story at link.




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