CWA 1180 - Political Action

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Anti-war movement
Budget battles
Elections & election reform
Health care
Housing
Social Security
Welfare and wages
Workers' rights

Anti-War Movement

Cindy Sheehan calls for supporters of peace to march on Washington, DC, September 24 (9/05)
On Anniversary, Labor to Protest War and
Anti-Union Policies in Iraq (3/05)
Why labor should oppose this war (1/05)
It is mainly the families of working people who furnish the men and women put in harm's way in Iraq. It is working people who pay the lion's share of the tax burden of the war in Iraq. This makes this war a labor issue. A few reasons why we should oppose this war in USLAW's latest fact sheet

National anti-war labor coalition calls for an end to occupation (4/04)
Citing Bush's lies and the cost in lives and dollars, USLAW slams U.S. policy in Iraq

Over two million people take to the streets around the world in global protest marking the one-year anniversary of Iraq War: End the Occupation (3/04)

Two chances to protest the Bush Administration's war on truth, justice and workers' rights (2/04)
The Iraqi provisional government council, controlled by the U.S., has taken off the books laws that protect women against religious persecution but has kept the laws that outlaw unions

The U.S. arrests Iraq's union leaders (1/04)
By David Bacon
This is bringing democracy to the Middle East?

The biggest casualty in the war on terrorism is the Bill of Rights (4/03)
The government has created a legislative and judicial dragnet that threatens to outlaw protest

Billions to kill people, nothing to help them live (4/03)
By Linda Jenkins
Bush spends $75 billion on war while states face fiscal crises, unemployment rises and millions cannot get healthcare
Labor's anti-war commitment grows as protests continue (3/03)
A quarter of a million march in NYC; the AFL passes a historic resolution; more

11 million worldwide march against war (2/03)
500,000 protest in NYC as the government tries to stop them
As anti-war movement grows, labor plays a crucial role (2/03)
Upwards of 10 million people worldwide are expected to demonstrate on Feb. 15; NYC will host a national march and rally that day—be there!
1180 passes resolution opposing war in Iraq (10/02)
War in Iraq could cost $200 billion, money urgently needed for jobs, healthcare and education here in the U.S.; meanwhile, it would bring death, destruction and instability to the region and do nothing to stop terrorism

Budget Battles

Budget battles loom large (3/05)
Health care, education, transportation fall under the axe
City budget talk for FY05 ignore structural deficit (5/04)

Tax deal on high earners averts "doomsday budget" (5/03)
But with $1.1 billion gap remaining, the budget battle is not over yet

Hundreds of 1180 members turn out for a rowdy tax day protest (4/03)
The message was clear: we won't let the budget be balanced on our backs, again

Budget choices: Local 1180 ad in 4/25 Chief (4/03)
When the mayor said "there are no good answers, there are only choices," we thought we'd spell out a few of the choices

The Seven Deadly Budget Sins (4/03)
Local 1180 has produced this booklet that explains the unfair and unwise ways in which the budget process has been handled in the past; 1180 members are giving it to everyone so that the same mistakes will not be made again (download may take a while: large file)

A fair budget equals a good contract (4/03)
While the mayor lays off thousands and keeps talking about union concessions to solve the budget crisis, he ignores the real cause of the problems—irresponsible tax cuts that lined the pockets of the rich—and the only real solution: progressive taxation

Budget for a Livable NYC Coalition statement (2/03)
A new citywide coalition, including 1180, is calling for a fair solution to the city's budget crisis, including getting the rich to pay their share

Not on our backs again! (1/03)
City Hall's agenda for balancing the budget is tax cuts for the rich and service cuts for the rest of us; we must fight back!

What part of "share" don't you understand? (1/03)
by Arthur Cheliotes
City Hall's plan for balancing the budget places the entire burden on working people

The budget and bargaining (8/02)
By Linda Jenkins
To succeed in bargaining we have to succeed in putting progressive taxes into the budget

Final city budget averts 75% of cuts, but includes no progressive taxes (6/02)
Growing coalition calls for tax hikes to offset steep service cuts (4/02)
The city budget battle is on; why it's crucial that 1180 members get involved

Elections & election reform

Dems sweep into Congress with union help (11/06)
Six states boost the minimum wage
Throw the bums out! (10/06)
From a war based on lies to attacks on Social Security, Republicans in Congress deserve to get pink slips on November 7. PLUS: How to help Local 1180 get out the vote!
November &: Vote Spitzer on Row E (10/06)
Support the Working Families Party
September 2006 primary endorsements (9/06)
Local 1180 has endorsed Eliot Spitzer for governor, Alan Hevesi for comptroller, Roger Green and Carl Andrews for Congress, and more.
Five reasons to vote for Freddy (11/05)
September 2005 primary endorsements (8/05)
Local 1180 has endorsed William Thompson for Controller, Norman Siegel for Public Advocate, and many other labor-friendly candidates.
Member survey: Who's your pick for mayor in the September Democratic primary? (6/05)
Download our easy survey and fax it to us by July 22 to guide the union's endorsement pick.
Protest George Bush's inauguration, January 20! (1/05)
Fear triumphed over hope in the November election (1/05)
The 2004 election spells bad news for workers, minorities and the rest of the world
The urgent need for election reform (1/05)
By Linda Jenkins

Re-defeat Bush! (10/04)
1180 members stump for Kerry and mobilize to send Bush back to Texas

The battle for voting rights continues (11/04)
by Arthur Cheliotes
Voter intimidation is alive and well in 2004; we must not let history repeat itself in this way
Hundreds of thousands take to the streets and send a message to the GOP: Go home! (10/01)

Health care

Boycott GlaxoSmithKline (4/03)

Finally! Full permanent re-imbursement of Medicare Part B for city retirees (4/02)

Housing

Vacancy decontrol is the death knell of affordable housing (3/03)
Lobby day set for May 13 to push better rent laws

Rent law renewal requires big grassroots push(1/03)
Rent laws expire this year, and without them what's left of affordable housing in NYC will disappear

Rent regulation campaign pushes on (8/02)
Tenant advocates have so far failed to get Albany to move; more pressure on Pataki is the key

"Affordable housing" is becoming an oxymoron in NYC (4/02)
Rent 2002 campaign mobilizes to address crisis

Saving Social Security

What you can do to help save Social Security (5/05)
A half-day training at Local 1180 on June 18, plus a chance to table in key Congressional districts over the summer.
Bush's retirement poverty plan (5/05)
By Linda Jenkins
There is no Social Security "crisis"—but we'll face one if Bush's privatization plans go through
Is Social Security racist? (3/05)
Behind the spin

Welfare and wages

Last chance for a minimum wage hike (6/06)
Will Congress cut a blank check for war, but cut Food Stamps to pay for Katrina? (10/05)
Republican leaders in Congress propose to pay for Katrina aid by cutting $547 million from the Food Stamp program
Two sweet victories after many years of work (1/05)
Minimum wage increase and first reform of draconian drug laws

New welfare bill makes a bad situation worse (2/03)
Welfare as we know it (7/02)
1180 members talk about the real deal on welfare reform

Slavery with a stipend (7/02)
By Arthur Cheliotes
Welfare "reform" renewal legislation does not take into account the law's failure

Workers' rights

Oppose Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court (1/06)
The judge could block workers' rights for decades to come

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