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Check the Record,
Not the Rhetoric
Here’s a quick and easy way to
see where your U.S. Senators and House members voted on nearly two
dozen key working family issues in Congress last year. The AFL-CIO’s
online Congressional Voting Record shows you their records for last
year, as well as their lifetime “right” or “wrong” record on key
union and working family legislative proposals. You can find the
voting record at
www.aflcio.org/issuespolitics/votes.
Political/Legislative Department
Rich Michalski, Director
Under the leadership of our International President,
R. Thomas Buffenbarger, the Political/Legislative Department has set goals
in order that we are prepared to advance
economic opportunities for the benefit of our
members. President Buffenbarger is committed to providing the resources
which will ensure that IAM stays in the forefront of political and
legislative action as we move into the new millennium.
The IAM is constantly asking members of Congress what
kind of new and innovative
approaches to job creation and job retention are they
taking, in order that our members and the companies they work for do not
become vulnerable to international competition caused by a global
economy.
While the primary functions of the Political and
Legislative Department include the
promotion of workers rights, job security, job
creation, training and political education through work with the Executive
and Legislative Branches of the federal government, the
Department must continually be prepared to confront
the attacks presented to us by the
Right Wing Radicals of Congress.
The agenda these Right Wing Radicals have promoted
has brought a battery of assaults to the overall economic security of the
working men and women of our country. There are those in Congress who are
content in promoting the following agenda, an agenda that only serves the
best interest of corporate money mongers and multi-nationals and not
working families.
• Weakened OSHA Standards through attempted budgets cuts which would
affect oversight and compliance.
• The Team Act - Nothing more than a move by the Right Wing and
Corporate America to avoid Unions and their representatives and revert
back to company unions.
• Service Contract Act - Attempts are currently being made to weaken the
Act by allowing federal contractors to subcontract work they bid on and
avoid paying prevailing wages.
• The Fair Labor Standards Act is under assault by a bill the Right Wing
has been trying to push called "Comp Time". If Comp Time were to be
passed it would drastically undermine the 40 hour work week and paying a
"premium" for overtime.
Thanks to the grassroots efforts of our State
Councils, District and Local Lodges and the
overall solidarity of the labor movement, these types
of issues have been beaten back.
However, it is also these types of issues that
prevent us from being proactive on our own legislative agenda.
The Legislative Department will continue to work with
all the levels and branches of
government to develop sound economic policies to
rebuild our nations once strong industrial base--policies that will
provide high wage jobs with good benefits, job security, jobs with dignity
and ultimately the economic security and well being of the men, women and
families of this great nation. 
The Political / Legislative Department of the IAM
The United
States Senate This site includes links to Senators' offices and
also includes bills, calendars, notices of committee hearings, and a daily
digest of Senate action (usually with a one day delay)
U.S. House
of Representatives This site includes Member Offices,
schedule of hearings, "real time" reports on floor action, a schedule for
the week and other current information.
Congress.org
This site has been updated for the 105th Congress. It includes a page for
each U.S. Senator and Congressman. All committee assignments are listed as
well. The site provides a guide for contacting your Senator or Congressman
and an e-mail form for doing so.
THOMAS
Full text of legislation, all versions of House & Senate bills are
searchable by keywords or by number. Full text of the Congressional Record
from 1994. This site has links to other useful government
information and historical documents.
Political Action by State
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The
Wisconsin Legislature State Senators and
Representatives Web Pages including E-mail addresses. Bill tracking, Legislative
Information, Statutes & Constitution, Support Agencies, General Information and
Legislative Links.
WI State Senate - E-mail Addresses
WI State Assembly - E-mail Addresses
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