| Western Connecticut Central Labor Council |
It’s not much of a shock that lies are popping up in the Republican presidential nomination race. But in Michigan, Mitt Romney is telling one whopper of lie about the UAW, the auto bailout that saved two of the nation’s Big 3 car manufacturers and President Obama. In a nutshell, Romney says Obama should have let Chrysler and GM go bankrupt—that should win him a lot of votes in Michigan today—and Obama instead “gave the companies to the UAW.” Read more >>> This Labor Day weekend, a new AFL-CIO TV ad will be airing across the country, celebrating the contributions of America's workers and the unions of the AFL-CIO. Watch the ad below, then grab your cell phone and text STRONGER to 225568. Commericial script: "We work to build our country...We work to make our communities safe...we work to give our kids a better life." America's workers: the people we rely on everyday the backbone of our communities. Making things, innovating, working together. That's how we've always moved our country forward, and that's how we'll do it again. We are the unions of today's AFL-CIO -- working together for a stronger America. Happy Labor Day. |
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