Why Labor is in Politics
Labor unions have always been under attack from business and industrial organizations and, often, from state and national legislatures and political leaders. Every time the U.S. Congress or a state legislature opens a new session, a flood of bills intended to restrict the rights of workers and their unions is introduced.
If working people can help elect friendly candidates, passage of such bills becomes less likely and the passage of proposals good for TWU workers and their families become a reality.
Workers have learned through bitter experience that there is a powerful link between the bread box and the ballot box. Unfortunately, gains won at the bargaining table or through sacrifice on the picket line can be wiped out by unwise actions of state or national legislatures and political leaders -- today's wage increase can be erased by tomorrow's inflation, or today's job can vanish in tomorrow's wage of unemployment.
Unions are in politics to protect and advance the interests and concerns of their members and families. The TWU COPE Committee supports all Party affiliations, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents at all levels of our government who are going to be supportive of the thousands of TWU members in this country.
We encourage our TWU members to get involve in the political process -- to run for elected office in the Central & State labor councils and to get involved in the political Party of their choosing. As well as run for Public office, to be able to represent labor’s interest at all times and anywhere--at the school board, the town and city councils, state and federal positions -- from the East Coast to the West Coast --we support our members in the airline, transit, and railroad divisions "to stand up and be counted in the political process
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COPE!
Labor unions have always been under attack from business and industrial organizations and, often, from state and national legislatures and political leaders. Every time the U.S. Congress or a state legislature opens a new session, a flood of bills intended to restrict the rights of workers and their unions is introduced.
If working people can help elect friendly candidates, passage of such bills becomes less likely and the passage of proposals good for TWU workers and their families become a reality.
Workers have learned through bitter experience that there is a powerful link between the bread box and the ballot box. Unfortunately, gains won at the bargaining table or through sacrifice on the picket line can be wiped out by unwise actions of state or national legislatures and political leaders -- today's wage increase can be erased by tomorrow's inflation, or today's job can vanish in tomorrow's wage of unemployment.
Unions are in politics to protect and advance the interests and concerns of their members and families. The TWU COPE Committee supports all Party affiliations, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents at all levels of our government who are going to be supportive of the thousands of TWU members in this country.
We encourage our TWU members to get involve in the political process -- to run for elected office in the Central & State labor councils and to get involved in the political Party of their choosing. As well as run for Public office, to be able to represent labor’s interest at all times and anywhere--at the school board, the town and city councils, state and federal positions -- from the East Coast to the West Coast --we support our members in the airline, transit, and railroad divisions "to stand up and be counted in the political process
Learn More!
COPE!
