Trent McNutt and Laura Jackson are hitting the streets and going door to door to make sure that candidates who will create real jobs are elected this fall--and they say every worker should join them because there's too much at stake to stay home.
McNutt, an unemployed member of the Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), and Jackson, a Communications Workers of America (CWA) member, told a press conference at the AFL-CIO yesterday that working people have a lot at stake in this election to stay at home.
McNutt lost his job last November when the company in Toledo, Ohio, where he had worked for 11 years went out of business. Now the married father of two young children has to make due working occasionally with a local contractor.
This year I'm on pace to make a third of what I've made in years past. You never really expect something as drastic as what we're going through--we've worked so hard for everything we have. But we know a lot of other families are worse off. Over the past few months work has started to pick up, but I'm fearful it will taper off again.
America's workers have a lot at stake in the 2010 elections: The entire House of Representatives and 37 Senate seats are up for election--and along with the hundreds of state and local races, the outcomes will determine how well all of us can shape a working families' agenda. Stop by the AFL-CIO Labor 2010 website and:
Social Security is strong for the long term and is not contributing to the deficit. As part of the coalition, Strengthen Social Security…Don’t Cut It, the AFL-CIO is opposing any plans for benefit cuts and pressing candidates to pledge to fight moves raising the retirement age.
