Unions to Pool $$$, Spend $88M on Pro-Worker Candidates.

[Joanne98]

Thank God for the working man and woman, and the unions they have formed.

The leaders of the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union have agreed to coordinate spending millions of dollars in the midterm elections to support pro-union candidates, most of them Democrats.

The two labor organizations say they have a combined $88 million or more to deploy in this year's election cycle. It's not clear how much of that money they will pool together.

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The AFL-CIO and SEIU plan to target elections in 26 states, all but five of which they consider battleground territory, including California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Wall Street Journal, Big Unions to Pool Money for Fall Elections

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Most of the unions' cash will be spent on behalf of Democrats, despite dissatisfaction among some union leaders and their members with the results of two years of Democratic control in Washington.

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The union campaign organizations plan to contact 15 million people in union-member households to generate votes in races for Congress, governor and state legislatures.

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The unions' coordinated election effort is the result of meetings between AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Mary Kay Henry, who took over as SEIU president earlier this year after the retirement of long-time leader Andy Stern.

Wall Street Journal, Big Unions to Pool Money for Fall Elections

I have to believe the Wall Street Journal is not happy about this. :-)

It's time to come together and support candidates who support working people. $88 million and millions of labor volunteers will go a long way toward defeating the Republican demagoguery and keeping a Democratic House.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/8/24/895962/-Unions-to-Pool-$$$,-Spend-$88M-on-Pro-Worker-Candidates.

[Omaha Steve]

1. Thanks for posting this

K&R!

[Rochester]

2. Re: Unions

This is good to know.
Unions are the best thing to happen to the working man & we need all the support we can get.

(off-topic) Is there an "introduction" thread for newbies? I did not find one when I searched.