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Arkansas AFL-CIO April 2012 Political Endorsements
Arkansas AFL-CIO Special Convention Political Endorsements Seventy delegates from 29 International Unions representing 24,000 Arkansas union members and their families met on April 6th and 7th, 2012 at the Arkansas AFL-CIO Special Convention in Hot Springs. Delegates interviewed Arkansas’ U.S. Congressional, Supreme Court, and Court of Appeals candidates on April 6th on issues of importance to the working people of Arkansas such as Job creation and retention; Trade and Manufacturing; Retirement Security: Pensions and Social Security; Medicare and Medicaid; and Workers’ Rights. Delegates then voted on candidate endorsements which requires a 2/3 affirmative vote in order to receive. The candidates receiving endorsements from the Arkansas AFL-CIO are as follows:
SUPREME COURT COURT OF APPEALS STATE SENATE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Arkansas AFL-CIO will be a holding an additional Special Convention on August 10th and 11th, 2012 in order to decide on those seats that we have not taken a position on at this time and other General Election issues we will be facing in November. Thank you.
It’s not much of a shock that lies are popping up in the Republican presidential nomination race. But in Michigan, Mitt Romney is telling one whopper of lie about the UAW, the auto bailout that saved two of the nation’s Big 3 car manufacturers and President Obama. In a nutshell, Romney says Obama should have let Chrysler and GM go bankrupt—that should win him a lot of votes in Michigan today—and Obama instead “gave the companies to the UAW.” Read more >>>
Texas AFL-CIO: Austin is Pilot City for New AFL-CIO Communications Program
AFL-CIO Launches Campaign, TV Ads in Austin Follow this link to the Texas AFL-CIO Press Release: tx.aflcio.org/statefed/ AFL-CIO National Blog Article: blog.aflcio.org/2012/01/18/new-afl-cio-media-campaign-highlights-how-work-connects-us-all-2/
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