Here's why the AFL-CIO has endorsed Joe Manchin:
U.S. Senate
JOE MANCHIN IS ON OUR SIDE
Joe Manchin has been on the side of working families as governor and will continue
as U.S. senator. He respected and defended working West Virginians when a campaign
ad for John Raese was filmed out of state with actors told to look "hicky."
• With Manchin as governor, 23,000 new jobs have been created in West Virginia and
billions of dollars have been invested by business to keep our economy growing.
(Charleston Daily Mail, 1/20/09)
• Manchin signed legislation to increase the minimum wage, giving working families
a much-needed raise. (The State Journal, 4/4/06; H.B. 4023, 2006)
• Manchin believes in improving workplace safety. He says, "While our work to make
our mines safer continues, we must also carry those lessons to the rest of our
manufacturing industries, to help make all our industrial workplaces safer." (State
of the State address, 2/11/09)
WE CAN'T AFFORD JOHN RAESE
John Raese wants to put decisions about the minimum wage and workplace safety in the
hands of corporations. He has not apologized for the campaign ad that was shot out
of state with actors told to look "hicky."
• Raese opposed the Recovery Act that created 3,565 new jobs in our state and
helped avert layoffs of public employees. (www.recovery.gov, accessed 9/22/10;
Charleston Daily Mail, 9/20/10)
• Raese has called for ending the minimum wage, calling it "an archaic system that
frankly has not worked." (Charleston Daily Mail, 9/20/10)
• Raese says he wants to "unshackle" management at coal mines from safety
regulations. (Candidate website, accessed 9/22/10)
Check the facts on the candidates for U.S. Senate. Then you decide. And whatever you
decide, make solid plans to vote and forward this message to at least five friends
to make sure they vote, too.
Thanks for voting in support of working families.
Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO
