Labor & Employment Law

Indiana Union Members Greet Painters? Jobs Bus

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Jade Mendoza, Indiana State AFL-CIO Field Communications director, sends us this report.

More than 100 union members gathered outside the Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) building in Indianapolis as Johnny Alderman, IUPAT secretary-treasurer of District Council 91, welcomed the arrival of the IUPAT jobs bus. The bus rolled into town as part of a coast-to-coast ?It?s About the Jobs? tour to connect IUPAT members across the country with the candidates the union believes are the best hope to generate and bring back jobs.

Discussing candidates in statewide races, Indiana State AFL-CIO President Nancy Guyott described how important it is to elect lawmakers who make restoring jobs to the middle class a top priority, especially given the harsh reality of Indiana becoming a “right to work” for less state.

Among those speaking at the rally, Vop Osili, candidate for secretary of state, said:

Don?t give a trifecta to the governor. If we lose the House in 43 days, we won?t recognize this state for 10 years.

Warren Mart, general secretary-treasurer of Machinists (IAM) District 153, told union members to talk with candidates about jobs.

If your candidate doesn?t talk about jobs, then rethink your support.

Mart also encouraged members to step up in this year?s election by volunteering time.

Talk to your friends and your family and tell your union, “Yes, you will,” when it asks for your help.

Union members also are gearing up for the One Nation march in Washington, D.C., where tens of thousands of union members will join progressive allies to call for good jobs and many other key working family priorities. In a show of solidarity, Hoosiers will kick off a statewide labor-to-labor walk the same day.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on September 22, 2010 (boomark / email).