Working Families WIN in 2018 Mid-Term Elections
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09 Nov Working Families WIN in 2018 Mid-Term Elections

Posted at 11:24h in Election, Political Action by

The AFL-CIO’s Labor 2018 program, in which the BCTGM and our members were actively engaged, was the driving force for victories for union-friendly candidates in key battleground states and congressional districts across the country. In many races, Union members and their families put labor-endorsed candidates over the top.

Working people across the country helped send 900—and counting—union members to the halls of power. By putting working people in leadership roles, we will win better lives for all workers.

Union members were pivotal in the defeat of two radical anti-union governors, Scott Walker in Wisconsin and Bruce Rauner in Illinois. They are being replaced by individuals who are committed to defending workers’ rights and improving the lives of working families and the middle class in their states.

From teachers to waitresses, our newly elected leaders come from a variety of unions and industries. Meet a few of them below:

• U.S. Sen.-elect Jacky Rosen (UNITE HERE) waited tables in Las Vegas before becoming a computer programmer and software developer. She supports a $15 minimum wage, paid family and medical leave, and investments in vocational training and apprenticeship programs.

• Gov.-elect Tony Evers (NEA) served Wisconsin as an education leader at every level before his election to the state’s highest educational post. He ran on a platform to invest in public school education, as well as to protect and expand quality, affordable health care.

• Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer (AFT) comes from a long line of educators in Michigan and has fought to protect teachers and students from unnecessary cuts to education. She has a plan to fix Michigan’s roads, bridges and highways and clean up the state’s drinking water.

• Gov.-elect Tim Walz (Education Minnesota) was a longtime teacher in Minnesota before becoming a congressman who fought to invest in students and create good-paying jobs. He supports raising the minimum wage and opposes “right to work.”

• U.S. Rep.-elect Jahana Hayes (CEA and AFSA) will represent Connecticut’s 5th District. As the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, she supports making college more affordable and equal pay for equal work. With her win, Rep.-elect Hayes is the first African American woman to represent Connecticut in Congress.

• U.S. Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar (AFSCME) will represent Minnesota’s 5th District. As a state representative, she fought to improve public housing and pass a $15 minimum wage in Minneapolis. Rep.-elect Omar is the first Somali immigrant—and the first Muslim woman—to be elected to the U.S. House.

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