A Union Member Voter Guide


WORKING FAMILIES VOTE 2008 is the online center for union members and all working women and men to get involved in selecting America's next president. More >

 
 

 

 

 

In the current national economy:

Most people are able to get by
A few people are benefiting, but most are falling behind
Issues

Employee Free Choice Act

The best opportunity working people have to get ahead economically is by uniting to bargain with their employers for better wages and benefits—what the union movement calls "the union difference." But the current system for forming unions and bargaining is broken. The Employee Free Choice Act would level the playing field for workers and employers and help rebuild America's middle class.

Check out the presidential candidates' positions on the Employee Free Choice Act and the importance of unions.

John McCain

 

Barack Obama    
 

Current Members of Congress in the 2008 Presidential Race:
Positions on the Employee Free Choice Act

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Barack Obama (D)

 

John McCain (R) 

 





15.3 percent of people in the United States don't have health insurance.

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