Labor & Employment Law

Last Chance to Win a $22,000 Triton Bass Boat

By James Parks

IUPAT member Lonnie Tinder (right) takes the keys to his new bass boat in 2008.

Summer heat got you down? Here?s a chance to cool out on the water in a new boat. The Union Sportsmen?s Alliance (USA) and Triton Boats are giving away a new TR-18 SE fiberglass bass boat powered by a union-made Mercury engine and valued at more than $22,000. The winner also will spend a day fishing with Triton CEO Earl Bentz on his private lake in Tennessee.

But time is running out. The deadline to put your name in the contest is July 31, just a few weeks away. You don?t have to be a USA member to enter. All active or retired members of AFL-CIO-affiliated unions are eligible to win. Current USA members are automatically entered in the contest. If you are not a USA member and want to enter for a chance to win the boat, click here.

This is the second time Triton has awarded a boat to a union member. In 2008, Lonnie Tinder, a Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) member in Phoenix, won a $25,000 boat, motor and trailer.

Triton also has developed a special union appreciation program. Any union member who purchases a Triton boat package will receive a free one-year USA membership or one-year extension of an existing membership, a custom engine cover featuring the USA logo and a gift certificate of up to $300 to spend on Triton merchandise.

Bentz says:

Union members have made concessions to keep American companies competitive within the international market. They have made sacrifices and fought hard to keep jobs in this country and that?s what keeps our employees working. Last year was one of the most difficult economic environments certainly in my lifetime, so we asked ourselves what we could do to help those who give so much.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on July 15, 2010 (boomark / email).