by Seth Michaels, Apr 21, 2008

Colorado’s union members are making sure all union members around the state know that Arizona Sen. John McCain’s proposals for trade, jobs and the health care are bad for working families. Last week, union members visited an Xcel Energy facility in Denver, where hundreds of workers are members of the Electrical Workers (IBEW).

As workers left the plant, union members distributed leaflets detailing McCain’s support for bad trade deals, his opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act and his health care proposal, which would raise taxes on working families (see video).

Colorado’s unions have been actively educating workers about the issues that matter in the upcoming election. The next president faces big challenges, but McCain has yet to provide answers about how he’ll address the problems in one of the areas affecting working people the most: the economy. Will he continue the anti-worker Bush agenda, or will he change course and offer real solutions?

Chris McKeever, a National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) member, says he passed out nearly 100 leaflets to workers at the west gate of the plant.

People were really glad to get the information on John McCain. A lot of people didn’t realize that John McCain wants to tax their health care benefits, and that was kind of a surprise to a lot of those people.

Worksite visits in Colorado and other states will continue over the next month, leading up to nationwide door-to-door walks in May to get union members mobilized for the 2008 elections.

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