Detail With friends like these...; Unions and the election   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 404 no. 8803 (Sep. 2012), page 38-39. Topik: Labor Unions; Presidential Elections; Political Parties Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.73 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Delores Bowie and Audra Traynham, members of the Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ, work as caretakers in office buildings in Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania, a pivotal swing state. But on this Tuesday, 50 days before the election, they are knocking on doors in South Philadelphia to register people to vote and to remind them, as they put it, why "we need to keep Obama". A week before the election, the two women will send postcards to everyone they canvassed reminding them to vote. The canvassing is part of the union's plan to knock on 3m doors in battleground states. It also intends to make 13m phone calls. It is especially hoping to increase Latino turnout by 20% over 2008. About half of the SEIU's 2.1m members work in the health industry, the rest in the public sector or in property services. "This is the most important election of my lifetime," says Eliseo Medina, the secretary-treasurer. "We always say that, but it is true." The Republican platform is the reason why. It tries to weaken labour unions, both public and private, by encouraging legislators to pass bills that discourage them. It also wants unions to stop using collected dues for politics. Jim Hoffa, head of the once bipartisan Teamsters' union, says that those on the far right are "taking us on because they realize if they knock labour...they'll have a free run." Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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