by Seth Michaels, Jun 30, 2008

Houston workers protest high gas prices and John McCain’s support for Big Oil.

Over the weekend, union members in Texas and Kentucky held events to demand relief for working families during this time of economic difficulty and soaring gas prices.

In Houston, more than 75 union members gathered in front of Shell Oil headquarters to demand an economic plan that helps families beset by these rising costs. They called attention to Sen. John McCain’s record on tax breaks for oil and gas companies, and asked that he change course and look out for workers, not the lobbyists who fund and run his campaign.

The union members were joined by Charles Steel, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which co-sponsored the rally.

Union members tried to take their message directly to McCain in Louisville, Ky. McCain was in town Saturday for a high-dollar fundraiser, accompanied by Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican who led the effort to block a worker-friendly economic stimulus bill earlier this year.

Demanding that McCain and McConnell support policies that help working families rather than blocking much-needed relief, union members gathered on all sides of the convention center where McCain was holding his closed-door fundraiser.

Across the country, union members are getting engaged and demanding policies that will turn around America and make the economy work for everyone. McCain needs to listen to them.

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