- Tire Builders 
Sisters and Brothers,
It is important to realize that while the governor’s husband is a member of a union, this does not automatically qualify her for an on-the-job training program to become a heartbeat away from the presidency. And while her husband is one of 850,000 dues-paying members of the steelworkers union, it does nothing to absolve Sen. McCain of his long history of anti-union sentiment and anti-worker actions, including continuously pushing an anti-working family agenda that:
-Opposes giving workers the right to bargain collectively;
-Jeopardizes retirement security by privatizing social security;
-Further threatens job security by signing more job-stealing trade deals without the regard to human rights and environmental abuses; and,
-Erodes the ability of working families to secure quality health care by taxing their employer -provided coverage for both active and retired workers.
McCain’s choice is another example of his poor judgment and his desire to play politics as usual. McCain-Palin is not a team that works for working families. The first-term governor’s record is thin and divisive. And John McCain has a life-long record of being for the rich and powerful. No union card can hide that any more than Ronald Regan's union card did.
In Solidarity,
Leo Gerard, USW International President
Brothers & Sisters of local 207L,
Hi, I am Mike Carroll from local 169 USW in Mansfield Oh. I work in the melt shop at AK Steel’s Mansfield Works. I am also the Democratic candidate for Congress in Ohio’s 4th congressional district. I am trying to go from the shop floor to the House floor. With your help I will go to Washington and truly be a voice for working American’s. Brothers & Sisters, our current congressman is out of touch with working families. Just recently he told my State Representative that the economy was doing well in the 4th congressional district. I wonder what state he was talking about? Surely he doesn’t mean ours! I have been visiting workers in all eleven county’s of the 4th, and I’m not hearing that things are well. Jordan says he is for families, but all you have to do is look at his voting record to see that isn’t the case. Among other things he has: voted against the paycheck fairness act, against emergency extended unemployment act, against health care for children, against college cost reduction, against raising the minimum wage, against the energy Independence and security act, against taxpayer assistance and simplification, the list goes on and on and on. Everything that would benefit working families he votes against us. Brothers & Sisters, all to often we elect, and send to Washington, these professional politicians like Jordan. They don’t live with the fear of their job being cut, or their plant or business shutting down like we do. Don’t you think it’s time we send one of our own, a member of the working class, to Washington? My pledge to you is to always, always have the best interests of working families at heart in every issue that comes before me. I don’t have to tell you what a tremendous task this is to unseat an incumbent who happens to be in the hip pocket of special interests groups. I need each and every one of you to help me. I need you to talk with everyone you know about me, your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers. I need you to knock on doors and make phone calls for me. I need you to go to my website www.mikeforohio.com and make a secure online donation to me. If you can help me win Hancock County, we will win this seat this year. You can email me at mikeforohio@aol.com or by phone at 419-589-2804.
Thank You
In Solidarity
Mike Carroll
. Sat Aug 16 several steelworkers came into the USW 207L Hall in Findlay Ohio, to make phone calls to fellow members about the importance of the upcoming Presidential election. It was a great turn out! and the phones were busy all day. Rob Greer from 207L also brought along his son Kirk, to help the cause! Everyone did an amazing job fielding tough questions along the way. this kind of comittment is what will make the difference in Nov! 
