UE Political Action Updates

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Military Response to Immigration Protests a Step Towards Authoritarianism

June 10, 2025
Pittsburgh
Statement of the UE Officers

The Trump administration’s decision to mobilize and deploy 4,000 members of the National Guard and 700 Marines to Los Angeles is disturbing and absolutely unjustified. It is an attempt to stifle dissent through military force — something which has no place in a democracy — and a signal that if we wish to preserve our democratic freedoms, working people will have to be prepared to defend them through action in the streets, in our workplaces, and at the ballot box.

UE Endorses “No Kings” Mobilization

June 3, 2025
Pittsburgh

While President Trump and his billionaire cronies say there is no money for healthcare, education, or Social Security, they are spending 100 million taxpayer dollars to hold a military parade on Trump’s birthday. On Saturday June 14, at over 1,400 “No Kings” events across the country, working people will come together to protest Trump’s anti-worker policies and increasingly authoritarian rule.

Join Labor Webinar on Reclaiming Medicare June 18

May 27, 2025

On Wednesday, June 18, join the Labor Campaign for Single Payer for a webinar about how the labor movement can Reclaim Medicare from corporate greed. LCSP has developed a white paper summarizing what union leaders need to know about Medicare Advantage, including a list of questions to ask at the bargaining table regarding Medicare Advantage plans. While the webinar will focus on the devastating impacts Medicare Advantage has on union workers and retirees, all are invited to attend.

Wisconsin Voters Defy Billionaire Elon Musk, Elect Pro-Worker Supreme Court Judge

April 11, 2025
Madison, Wisconsin

On Tuesday, April 1, voters in Wisconsin elected the pro-worker Susan Crawford to a seat on the state supreme court, despite billionaire Elon Musk spending more than $20 million to support Crawford’s conservative opponent. Crawford won by a margin of almost 10 percentage points, winning many counties which supported Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

UE President: Funding Cuts “A Direct Theft From Working People”

February 25, 2025
Washington, DC

UE General President Carl Rosen spoke at a rally today opposing the cuts to federal research funding that have been ordered by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency.”

“Cuts to research funding are a direct theft from working people for the benefit of the billionaires who are now running the federal government,” Rosen said.

Local 228 Helps Defeat “Right to Work” (for Less)

February 14, 2025
Concord, New Hampshire

The latest effort to expand anti-union “right to work” laws was defeated yesterday in New Hampshire — and UE Local 228 members were in the thick of the fight. Members sent emails and made calls to their legislators demanding that they oppose the legislation, which would have made New Hampshire the first state in the Northeast to legalize free-riding.

Trump Administration Fires Pro-Worker Labor Board Member, Leaving NLRB Unable to Act

February 7, 2025
Washington, DC

In January, newly-inaugurated President Trump took the unprecedented and, on the face of it, unconstitutional step of removing a sitting member of the National Labor Relations Board. Now without a quorum, the NLRB will be unable to issue decisions until Trump appoints more board members. With employers now able to stall legal proceedings against them indefinitely by appealing to the quorumless board, it is more important than ever that UE locals rely on organization in the workplace rather than legal charges.

For a Just and Lasting Peace in Palestine

January 31, 2025
Pittsburgh
Statement of the UE General Executive Board

The recent announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza is an initial, but tenuous, step towards a just and lasting peace in Palestine. Far more is needed, and it is imperative to keep pressure on the U.S. government to ensure that the ceasefire is made permanent, that reconstruction of Gaza is adequately funded, and that the Israeli government end its occupation of the West Bank and its threats and military aggression against other countries in the region.

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