JOE THE PLUMBER NEEDS A UNION

With a union job, Joe and Jane would be paid 30% more than they would make in a non-union job. Joe and Jane would have health insurance and a retirement. Their workplace would be safer and most importantly they would have job protection. There would be job training so that Joe could actually become a plumber if he wanted to become one and Jane could too. Under the proposed Employee Free Choice Act, which is endorsed by Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama and openly denounced by Republican Presidential nominee John McCain, Jane’s right to vote for a Union would be protected just like her voting rights are protected. continue reading