Three Weeks and Counting: Republican Attacks Slowed Down or Stalled Everywhere
March 4, 2011
Washington
The massive attacks launched against working people by Republican lawmakers all across the country are now entering their 4th full week.
UE Political Action Updates
UE Leader, Vermont Lawmaker Defends Rights of Working People
March 3, 2011
Montpelier, Vermont
Vermont House of Representatives member Bob South -- who is also a worker at Fairbanks Scales in St. Johnsbury and longtime president of UE Local 234 -- recently went into action against the Republican-led assault on working people now being launched in many state legislatures.
Showdowns Loom in Madison and Columbus: Do Your Part to Help!
February 28, 2011
Madison, Wisconsin and Columbus, Ohio
February 24th Update: Working People Will Stop the Republican Assault This Weekend!
February 24, 2011
Washington, D.C.
The protests and demonstrations against the radical Republican Party and corporate attacks on working people are multiplying coast-to-coast. This weekend promises to be the biggest showing so far by working people who have already turned-out by the hundreds of thousands in dozens of states.
February 22nd Update: Pour on the Pressure!
February 21, 2011
Washington, D.C.
The battle to defend working people from the radical attacks of Republican politicians, big business, and the corporate news media is spreading all across the country. Tens of thousands of working people are demonstrating in Wisconsin and Ohio, with reports of regional actions coming in from dozens of cities and towns. UE members in several states have gone into action in defense of our wages, benefits, working conditions, and the very right of our unions to exist.
UPDATE: All Out This Weekend Against Radical Republican Attacks!
February 18, 2011
Madison, Wisconsin
Urgent: Stop the Radical Republican Attacks on Workers!
February 17, 2011
Madison, Wisconsin
Republican politicians in Wisconsin -- and now Ohio -- have declared war on working people. They intend to eliminate collective bargaining for public sector workers, and impose pay and benefit cuts among the massive attacks now underway. Should they succeed they have a bushel basket full of attacks ready for union members in the private sector.
What is the Right-to-Work Attack on Working People?
January 21, 2011
Washington, D.C.
Bob South's Grassroots Campaign Overcomes GOP Surge to Retain Vermont House Seat
January 6, 2011
One candidate who survived the nationwide Republican tide in November was Bob South, a UE member at Fairbanks Scales and president of Local 234. South first ran for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives in 2006, falling short of victory, but won the election in 2008. This year the Republican Party spent heavily in its effort to oust this working-class Democrat, but South was reelected.
“I think that face-to-face contact with my constituents was really what helped me pull out a victory,” says South. “These are the same basic organizing tactics we use in UE.”
Republicans Officially Take Control of Congress... Now What?
January 4, 2011
Washington,D.C.