Early Voting Information - And Lots More
September 25, 2008
Washington, D.C.
UE Political Action Updates
The McBush: Don't Buy That Sandwich
July 20, 2008
As the Democratic primary contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama dragged on, the other remaining Senator in the presidential race - Republican John McCain of Arizona - enjoyed valuable time to salve the wounded egos left over from the Republican's own bruising primary battle. His campaign handlers also had time to test different ways to "market" John McCain to voters in the general election. From now until November, the mission of his advertising consultants and campaign operatives will be to "sell" John McCain to the voters.
Bush Crimes Exposed by U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
June 13, 2008
On June 10, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives a 35 count impeachment resolution against President Bush. Kucinich – who met recently with delegates to the UE Political Action Conference – needed more than 4 hours to read the impeachment resolution into the Congressional record. The impeachment articles charge President Bush with a breathtaking list of crimes and impeachable offenses.
Big Business Lobbies Hard to Close More U.S. Factories
May 20, 2008
Big business lobbyists – led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable – are working frantically this month mounting a last ditch push to pass the pending free trade deal with Colombia. They have designated May as World Trade Month, and have flooded Capitol Hill with lobbyists in order to try once again to pass this discredited scheme.
What's the Real State of the Economy for Working People? Senator Sanders Investigates
April 13, 2008
Washington, D.C.
Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) has launched a new section of his web page entitled “The Collapse of the Middle Class.” Please take a few minutes and visit this web page.
Working people are encouraged to contribute their own stories of toil and struggle to his web page, unfiltered and un-edited by the corporate news media or economic “experts”.
Clinton vs. Obama: Keep Your Eye On the Issues
March 6, 2008
As the contests to select presidential nominees for the two official political parties comes down the home stretch, it’s good to know that it’s almost over. Senator John McCain (AZ) has won the Republican nomination after a bruising slugfest. President Bush has just endorsed McCain, reason enough to get ready to stop this guy at the ballot box in November. As for the Democrats, the competition continues with Senators Hillary Clinton (NY) and Barack Obama (IL) both focusing on the important Pennsylvania primary election on April 22.
"Cheney Care" - Why Can't We All Have His Health Care?
January 7, 2008
Why can't we all have the health care plan that Vice President Dick Cheney has?...
What's Ahead in 2008?
December 11, 2007
Washington, D.C.
The New Year will usher in a very busy schedule on the political action front for 2008 at both the state and national levels. Here are a few of the highlights that all UE Locals, Regions, members, and staff members need to be aware of – and making plans for.
One Week in Congress: Bush Wins on Trade and Torture
November 8, 2007
The first full week of November has not been a particularly good one for working people on Capitol Hill. On November 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the U.S. - Peru free trade deal by a 285-132 margin, with 109 Democrats supporting it and 116 opposing it. This trade deal is the latest in a succession of job-killing, job-exporting schemes modeled after the disastrous NAFTA, and its passage was a major goal of the Bush administration and big business.
70th Convention Sets Political Action Course for UE
September 24, 2007
Delegates to the 70th UE National Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have debated and passed unanimously a new Policy Action Resolution for the coming two year period. This resolution – the product of the UE Convention Policy Action Committee – sets the political action priorities of our union for the coming two year period, until the convening of the 71st Convention in 2009. The Policy Action Committee and its Policy Action Resolution were first introduced in 1993 as a tool to help assist in better achieving some of the high priority political action goals of our union.