Labor Day Events Kick Off Election Season

Detroit area union members carried this banner in this year's Labor Day parade.

CWAers across the country turned out for Labor Day events and parades that put the spotlight on the November elections and why we must elect political leaders who support working families.

In Louisville, Kentucky, CWAers were among the 8,000 union members attending the Labor Day celebration at the zoo. Among those on hand: Senate Democratic candidate Jack Conway, who commended the unions for representing working families across the state. CWA's state political coordinators are Nick Hawkins, Local 3305, and Steve Wimsatt, IUE-CWA Local 83761. Watch the video here. 

At a Labor Day breakfast in Manchester, N.H., with lots of CWAers from Local 1365 on hand, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for an end to the devastating trade policies that have caused the loss of millions of American jobs. "We have to tell corporate America that if they want us to buy their products, which they certainly do, they have to start manufacturing those products back here in America."

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White, state and local elected officials and some 200 union members celebrated Labor Day at CWA Local 6137 in Corpus Christi, Tex., at the Coastal Bend AFL-CIO's annual Labor Day breakfast.

Labor Day is the traditional start of the November election process; stay tuned to www.cwa-union.org for more info about the stakes this November for working families.