UE Political Action Updates

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UE Statement on Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

December 10, 2010

December 10, 2010

At our national convention in 2009 our union declared: “The ‘neoliberal’ corporate agenda affects us all. Downsizing and outsourcing in the private sector, privatization, deregulation, and budget cuts in the public sector, along with ‘free trade’ agreements, negatively impact working people globally.”  We declared: “The fate of our planet demands that we place the well being of the majority of the world’s people ahead of profits for the few.”

UE Members Urged to Mobilize for Election Day

October 15, 2010

Washington

Our national and state elections are fast approaching on Tuesday, November 2.  The stakes are high – and so is the frustration level of most working people, UE members included. With unemployment running at double digit levels, corporations wiping out health benefits and pension plans, and public sector budgets and workers under assault from all sides -- the 2010 election will be one of the most critical contests we have faced in years.

UE Rank-and-File Members Deliver Our Message to Capitol Hill

September 26, 2010

Washington

More than 90 UE rank-and-file members – including regional and national union leaders – took our union’s message to Capitol Hill during the recent 2010 Political Action Conference. The event spanned three days from September 19 to 22, and was attended by representatives of 35 locals from 17 states. UE members urged their members of both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to dramatically expand their efforts to address the jobs and unemployment crisis.

Working People Have Had Enough Bipartisanship - How About a Real Jobs Program Instead?

August 12, 2010

Washington

Recent economic news indicates that we are slipping backwards on virtually all fronts as working people continue to struggle with the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. The official unemployment rate still hovers near 10%, with new layoff and plant closing notices wiping out any employment gains over the past month. The hard-hit public sector is now reeling under the current recessionary pressure, with mass layoffs spreading throughout this sector in all 50 states.

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