Labor & Employment Law

What?s the Word for Nov. 2? JOBS!

By Mike Hall

What are working families looking for in a candidate this fall? Let Machinists (IAM) President Tom Buffenbarger explain. Speaking to members of IAM, Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) and other Washington state unions at rally for Sen. Patty Murray in Seattle, he said:

Our candidates are the type of candidates who bring the one word we want to hear to a campaign. What word is that brothers?

A booming chorus of ?JOBS!!? was the answer.

Buffenbarger said Murray has a solid jobs track record, especially in preserving and attracting aerospace jobs?like the Air Force?s new air tanker?-to Washington State.

If it were not for Patty, brothers and sisters, Europeans would be building the tanker today.  She has been relentless. She continually looks for ways to invest in Washington state aerospace jobs.

Murray, who is running against millionaire real estate developer Dino Rossi, noted that just before Congress left town, lawmakers approved a jobs bill that saves or create nearly a million jobs for teachers, public employees, police officers, firefighters and others. The bill, says Murray, is

fully paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes for multi national corporations who ship your jobs overseas. I thought then who in the world would support extending corporate tax loopholes over education for our kids.

Well I found him his name is Dino Rossi.

Follow the IUPAT?s ?It?s About the Jobs? Bus Tour? here. For more on Labor 2010 in Washington State, click here. Thanks to Kathy Cummings Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) communications director for the video.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on September 09, 2010 (boomark / email).