Political Action

The AFL-CIO says labor's electoral education campaign, often going door to door, has driven down Donald Trump's support among union members.

In June polling the AFL-CIO found support over 40 percent among union members in some battleground states. But labor's campaign has driven down that support to the low-thirties - more of a typical number for Republican support among union members.

The AFL-CIO says Trump is running behind Mitt Romney's numbers when it comes to the percentage of union members planning to vote for him.

AFL-CIO leaders are on the campaign trail for the final week of labor's get out the vote effort.

AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka will be at events in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler will be in Missouri and Pennsylvania.

AFL-CIO Vice President Tefere Gebre will be helping get out labor's vote in North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania.

A door to door effort and phone banks are also pushing to get out the labor vote in this final week.

The California Labor Federation does not support this measure. Want to learn more? Eric C Bauman discusses how Proposition 54 is not what it seems in California Labor’s 2016 Top Props Series. Check it out here.

California’s comeback from the brink of financial ruin during the Great Recession is one of the greatest success stories in a generation. While states like Kansas and Wisconsin responded to budgetary uncertainty by cutting education funding with disastrous results, California voters took a different approach, enacting Prop 30 in 2012 to boost school funding to shrink class sizes, hire teachers, bolster community colleges and fund children’s health care.

Our state prisons are dangerously overcrowded, and have been taken over by the federal government. With Washington imploring Californians to come up with a plan for how to reduce our overcrowding problem, a coalition of law enforcement leaders, victims rights groups and Gov. Jerry Brown have crafted Proposition 57.

From our Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, click on the link to see a complete list of labor friendly candidates and ballot measures:

http://calaborfed.org/localendorsements/november-2016-endorsements-los-angeles-federation-of-labor/

Help the labor friendly candidates and show support for labor friendly legislation by volunteering to work the phones.
Phone Banking will take place this Thursday and will begin at 4pm at Local 80.
Time:        4pm to 8pm
Location: 2520 W. Olive Ave. Burbank, CA 91505
 

On October 1 – 2 and 15 -16, we’re hosting our next battleground trips to Nevada to help elect Hillary Clinton for President. Come join the Los Angeles Labor Movement as we knock on doors to ensure workers win in November. Now more than ever, we need to use our collective voices to make history in that state!

The trips will include two days of outdoor canvassing, lodging, meals and transportation. Space is limited, so please RSVP right away.

UNITE HERE is urging a national boycott of all businesses Donald Trump owns, has invested in or has partnered with until Trump honors his legal duty to bargain with the union workers at Trump Hotel Las Vegas.

The Boycott Trump campaign urges customers not to stay at Trump hotels or play at his golf courses.