Steamfitter Searches for Striped Bass on Tonight’s ‘Brotherhood Outdoors’
The next episode of “Brotherhood Outdoors,” the unique hunting and fishing series of the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), features Jay Rodriquez, a steamfitter with Plumbers and Pipe Fitters (UA) Local 638 in New York City. He takes show host Tom Ackerman to his favorite fishing spot, Montauk Point on Long Island, to fish for stripers, blues and false albacore.
But there was one catch that didn’t have fins. Hurricane Earl was heading up the East Coast. Says Rodriquez:
It was kind of nerve racking. I felt like we had to go out right before it came. It had the ocean stirred up and brought the fish to the top and I guess that’s why we had such great fishing.
The show, which airs July 28 at 8 p.m. EDT on the Sportsman Channel, puts union members in the spotlight, giving them the opportunity to join Ackerman for a quality outfitted North American trip of their choosing or, as Rodriquez does, act as his guide, taking him to their favorite hunting or fishing location.
Conservation Groups, Union Sportsmen Call for Water, Outdoor Lands Bill
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The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP), which includes the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), is urging Congress to act now to approve legislation to restore and conserve the Chesapeake Bay, the Great Lakes and valuable fish and wildlife habitat. If you hunt or fish or just enjoy the outdoors, you can help.
With encroaching development, growing population and more private lands, wildlife habitat is shrinking. One way to preserve and grow the amount of land open to hunting and fishing and other outdoor recreation is through the Land and Water Conservation Fund
The TRCP says in the short time remaining for Congress to act this year, it should develop a package of land, water and wildlife legislation, including full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Click here to send a message to your lawmakers supporting an omnibus outdoors land and water bill. Read the rest of this entry »
Union Values: Made In America
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Dave Johnson writes for the Campaign for America’s Future and adapted this post for us.
Our country was born out of a fight to cast off colonial rule by a wealthy elite and govern ourselves as We, the People. This fight continues, and nothing more clearly represents this American effort to lift each other up than organized labor. On July 4, as we celebrate our independence I encourage people to recognize our ongoing battle by buying Made in USA goods, and by working for democracy and the rights of workers everywhere. Read the rest of this entry »
Union Sportsmen/Triton Boats Partner for Bass Boat Giveaway
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Union Sportsmen Alliance’s (USA‘s) Kate Cywinski sends us the latest on a special offer for union members that could also put a new bass boat in the water for a lucky union sportsman or sportswoman.
Triton Boats founder and president Earl Bentz is widely acknowledged as one of the most creative individuals in the fiercely competitive sports fishing boat industry. He also knows that union workers have been fighting unfair foreign competition for years to keep good manufacturing jobs in America.
That’s one of the reasons he says he partnered with the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance in 2008 and why he is honoring union members with a special offer and the chance to win a brand new bass boat. As he puts it:
Our company’s success is due in part to our many loyal union customers.
Two Contests Open to Union Sportsmen
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If you are a member of the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), there may be a brand-new Chevy truck and a finely crafted, made-in-America Beretta shotgun in your future. All USA members are automatically entered in the upcoming drawing for the truck. To take part in the contest for the Beretta, union sportsmen must submit a good hunting and fishing tale.
The drawing for the 2009 Silverado will be on or about July 2 and all USA members are eligible. The deadline for joining USA is June 30. For contest details, click here.
