What are you doing Labor Day?
Wear solidarity, union pride on your shirt

Aug. 19, 2008 - What better day than Labor Day is there to speak up about the issues impacting workers and their families?

If ever working families needed change we can believe in, it’s now! People are working too hard for too little. They’re worried about paying for health care, mortgages, college tuition, and they can hardly believe their eyes at the gas pump.

So, whether it’s hosting a picnic for your chapter or wearing an AFSCME “green” t-shirt to the county fair, it’s a great time to remind friends, familiy and community members about the benefits of unions and the importance of electing labor-friendly candidates, especially in these hard times.

Let’s remind them that we all have an opportunity this November to help put America back on track.

Don't have a union t-shirt in your drawer yet? Order your AFSCME t-shirt online or talk to your local leaders to find out if they have OCSEA or other union-branded shirts you can wear on Labor Day.

Check out the links below for more information on getting involved this Labor Day and for more on the benefits of union membership

Do Something Union...

Display AFSCME pride - Wear an OCSEA or AFSCME-green shirt on Labor Day Weekend. Purchase and display buttons and pins, bumper stickers, window clings, rally flags and parade banners or wear union-branded clothing.

Surf with your family - Explore the AFL-CIO's Labor Day website with a family member to learn more about how you can help Turn Around America. Topics include: Working Families Vote (or browse OCSEA's Labor 2008 website), Employee Free Choice Act, Health Care in America, an Economy that Works for All, Labor History blog, Labor in the Pulpits, an FAQ, the Union Difference, and online games and e-cards.

Shop Union - Check out the AFL-CIO's TheUnionShop Online for clothing, hats, books, music, mouse pads, key chains, bags, coffee cups, and more.

Labor in the Pulpits - Union members serve as guest speakers in congregations to speak out about their faith, work and the union movement. AFL-CIO Central Labor Councils host a Faith and Labor meeting in which participants discuss important issues facing workers in their local communities and reaffirm their shared commitments to social justice.

Sign Petition for...

Quality Affordable Health Care

Employee Free Choice Act

Get the facts...

• Why OCSEA union member vs. fair share fee payer?

• Unions Are Good for Business,  Productivity, and the Economy

• Unions Workers Have Better Health Care and Pensions
  
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• Unions Raise Wages—Especially for Minorities and Women
• Union Pay Is Higher in Nearly All Occupational Groups
• Workers’ Incomes Are Lower in States Where Workers Don’t Have Union Rights
• Unions Help Bring Low-Wage Workers Out of Poverty
• Unions Help Bring Workers Into the Middle Class

Learn more about...

• Unions and Professional Workers
• Union Membership by State
• Union Membership by Industry
• Trends in Union Membership