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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG NEWS

Before you head off to the hot dogs and veggie burgers at the backyard barbecue this weekend (because who can afford the gas money to drive anywhere?), take a minute to celebrate Labor Day in a way that honors America's working women and men.


1. Send a Labor Day e-card. Click here. (See how easy it is to take action?)


2. Help pass the Employee Free Choice Act by signing a petition here.


3. Get set to walk. What better way to mark Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Sept. 4 than by talking union-member to union-member about the important issues in this election? Stop by here to see video clips of union members describing why they'll be walking Sept. 4 and here to read why AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is urging union members to walk Sept. 4. If you're a union member, sign up to walk here.

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Here's your online union member voter guide to the 2008
election with the latest videos, polls, blog posts and more:

 


The best opportunity America's working people have to get ahead economically is by uniting to bargain with their employers for better wages and benefits. Some 60 million U.S. workers would join a union if they could—but can't because current labor laws are broken. That's why we're urging passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.



We're the 2.1 million union members who are veterans of military service. We respect John McCain's service—and urge him to respect ours. But McCain has opposed increased funding for veterans health care and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • Find out about McCain's record on veterans issues here.
  • Sign up for the vets e-letter here.
  • See our TV ad.
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