What Are Union Vets Saying About John McCain?
"Letter to Editor"07/23/2008
Southeast Central Labor Council AFL-CIO
Hear What a Union Veteran Says
Jim Wasser, a Vietnam veteran and Electrical Workers (IBEW) member, knows what it will take to turn around America. He respects John McCain’s military record but has serious concerns about McCain’s record in the Senate.
Share this video with all the vets you know. And find out more here. If you are a veteran and a union member, retiree or Working America member, join our new Union Veterans Council today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQMp6CykaMU
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Dear Editor,
Today, AFL-CIO union veterans are launching the first Union Veterans Council, which will bring together the power of union veterans on the issues that matter most to veterans and all working families...for the 2008 elections and beyond.
Find out more—and get the facts on John McCain’s record on veterans issues and his economic record here. If you are a veteran and a union member, retiree or Working America member, join our new Union Veterans Council now. Sign up here.
More than 2 million union members are veterans. Together with other union members, union veterans will help elect leaders who will fight for working families. The Union Veterans Council will play a central role in reaching out to the 13 million union voters in battleground states about the stakes of this election—everything from quality health care to good, family-supporting jobs and funding for veterans services.
Union veterans also will share information with other union members on Sen. John McCain’s record. Union veterans like Jim Wasser (play video) absolutely respect Sen. McCain’s military service but express deep concerns about his record in the Senate. Not only has McCain voted against increased funding for veterans health care the past four years in a row, he publicly opposed the 21st Century GI Bill that finally passed the Senate by a 92–6 vote and was signed into law. And he has turned his back on America’s middle class. He wants to tax our health care benefits while giving tax breaks to Big Oil. And he STILL thinks the North American Free Trade Agreement is a good idea.
Sen. Obama’s voting record, on the other hand, shows that on issue after issue—the 21st Century GI Bill, wages, housing, veterans health funding, trade, health care reform—he is ready to work for working families.
Find out more about union vets and the Union Veterans Council here. To join our new Union Veterans Council, click here.
Our veterans deserve the best—not the lip service combined with second-class treatment they’ve been receiving. Do your part to make America a better place—for veterans and all working families.
In solidarity,
Gordon Pavy
Director, Collective Bargaining Department
U.S. Navy, PO2 (1969–1973)
P.S. See what Vietnam veteran and IBEW member Jim Wasser has to say about John McCain’s record—and share the video with others you know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQMp6CykaMU