Your Vote is the Power For the Middle Class
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
YOUR VOTE IS YOUR POWER
The Coalition for the Middle Class Needs Your VOTE!
THE 2012 ELECTIONS WILL DETERMINE YOUR FUTURE
AND THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
Listening to the political news over this past year, you may have already determined that the Middle Class is under attack. There is an ever growing movement backed by pending legislation in a multitude of states, to restrict workers rights to bargain collectively. This legislation threatens our very existence and could ultimately curtail the Middle Class.
The year is now 2012! It is OUR TIME to become politically active! Cast Your Vote for candidates who support your existence and will fight to secure our future for another century and beyond. This is not just another letter designed to ‘get your attention’. It is truly, TRULY the defining moment for the Middle Class, for we could be on the verge of extinction if we do not act!
Unions like ours secure the middle class. Working people across the country benefit from our unified strength. All sectors benefit from the 40 hour work week and paid overtime that our forefathers fought for. All sectors benefit from the minimum wage standards, paid holidays, sick time, maternity leave, employee rights, and safety and construction standards. ALL of the protections were secured because hard working Americans fought for the right to Bargain Collectively! Unions ended the ‘take it or leave it’ attitude our ancestors experienced in the early 1900’s. For over 100 years, the working class have stood up, voted for candidates who would champion our causes, and in Massachusetts, we have benefited from the political choices our forefathers made to protect our ‘Brotherhood’.
Please let me stress to you, this is not a Democrat issue, this is not a Republican issue;
Our concerns are Bi-Partisan! …These are Issues for the Middle Class Coalition!
Please get involved, volunteer for election stand-outs to support our Middle Class and Union Friendly candidates, spread the positive message of how Unions impacted your life! For many, Union membership is the gateway into the middle class.
Ask questions and learn about the political views of the candidates and the important issues that will directly affect your livelihood;
- Vote For candidates who support Project Labor Agreements (PLA's) and Prevailing Wage and 'Davis-Bacon' Wage Protections.
- Vote For candidates who promote and will support a 'Fair Tax Code' for ALL.
- Vote For candidates who were tested, and saved our Union brothers & sisters elsewhere! If a candidate campaigns against the decision to save the middle class workers elsewhere, certainly he will do nothing to save you.
- Vote Against candidates who sponsor or promote 'Right to Work' legislation.
- Vote Against candidates who support the 'trickledown effect'; rewarding the wealthiest 1% and 'trickle down' the burden by cutting vital Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits for our citizens most in need.
You must Register to VOTE Prior to August 17, 2012 in order to Vote in the State Primaries on September 6th, 2012. You may register at your Local Town Clerks office, RMV or register immediately on-line! Click on the “Register to VOTE” link at the bottom of this homepage. If a family member is turning 18 on or before elections being held on November 6th, 2012, they must register to vote prior to August 17, 2012. In Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine a registered 17 year old resident is legally allowed to vote in the State Primary as long as they will turn the age of 18 on or before the State Elections held on November 6th. Please inform all younger relatives to register to Vote if they meet these eligibility requirements.
If you ARE registered, please confirm your voting eligibility prior to August 17, 2012!
If you have moved, changed your name, party affiliation, neglected to return your Census Form, PLEASE RE-REGISTER! Your voting eligibility may be in jeopardy. If you have moved, locate your new designated polling center within your ward or district. Even if you have moved within the same town or city, your polling location may have changed.
Absentee Ballots are available! If you will not be available to cast your vote in person, PLEASE make every effort to obtain an absentee ballot for both the State Primary and State Elections. Your Vote is always needed!
All VOTER information is available ‘on-line’ through your Secretary of State’s web site:
Massachusetts residents visit www.sec.state.ma.us New Hampshire visit www.sos.nh.gov
At our local levels in Government, we MUST vote to elect leaders who believe in the Middle Class & believe Unions provide a necessary role in our communities. We want a State Government who will fight for 'Commonwealth Jobs for Commonwealth People'. People like you, who when employed, support your schools, local businesses, and pay the taxes that support our communities. Your VOTE is Your Power.
Your VOTE is your POWER! Please join this fight alongside your brothers and sisters this political season. Arm yourself with the knowledge to protect your future. Vote on the ISSUES! This is a Bi-Partisan campaign for our Union and our community. Our educated votes are worth more than all the dollars being contributed to curtail bargaining rights and end workers protections. Those dollars are nevertheless a major threat to all of us. It will take all our political strength to defeat them.
See you at the Polls!
Leo J. Fahey, Business Manager FST