October 2016 the President's View
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THERE IS S IN UNITY TRENGTH RATION O DE F E L F A B A O W R O I AFL-CIO AFL-CIO D e a s ow Moines I NEWS IOWAVolume 16, Issue 3 Official Publication of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO October 2016 The President's View . Four New Iowa Area Labor Organizations Announced Federation (WILF) in the north west Jasper, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cher- and west coast of Iowa. Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mon- okee, Clay, Crawford, Dickenson, Great River is comprised of the roe, Polk, Poweshiek, Story, Van Bu- Emmet, Freemont, Hamilton, Harri- following counties: son, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Allamakee, Clayton, Lyon, Mills, Monona, Mont- Clinton, Des Moines, gomery, O’Brien, Osceola, IFL President Ken Sagar Dubuque, Fayette, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Henry, Jackson, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, In order to form a more per- Lee, Louisa, Mus- Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, fect union, the AFL-CIO has been catine, Scott and Sioux, Taylor, Union, working with the Central Labor Winneshiek. Webster, and Wood- Councils to merge them into larger Hawkeye is com- bury. and more financially stable organi- prised of: Benton, Three have hired zations with the ability to support Black Hawk, Bremer, staff, Great River full time staff. Buchanan, Butler, Ce- has hired Julia Mc- There are now 4 Area Labor Or- dar, Cerro Gordo, Meekan, South Cen- ganizations in Iowa. They are the Chickasaw, Delaware, tral has hired Sandy Op- Great River Area Labor Federa- Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, stvedt and Western Iowa tion (GRALF) on the east coast of Hancock, Hardin, How- has hired Scott Punteney. Iowa, Hawkeye Area Labor Coun- ard, Iowa, Jones, Linn, Hawkeye is still in the inter- cil (HALC) in the east and north Marshall, Mitchell, Tama, view process and will be hiring central Iowa, South Central Iowa Winnebago, Worth and Wright. in the coming weeks. Federation of Labor (SCIFL) in the South Central is comprised of: ren, Wapello, Warren and Wayne. We encourage everyone to en- central and south central portion of Appanoose, Boone, Clarke, Dallas, Western Iowa is comprised of: gage with the new organizations the state and Western Iowa Labor Davis, Decatur, Greene, Guthrie, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena and build a better Iowa. I Am Voting For My Union By Ken Sagar, need to make sure we have a plan to ing rights for the IFL President vote. If you have already voted ab- public sector union As the election draws near, we sentee or early voted, thank you for members. That par- participating in our democracy. ty calls for “. leg- I have talked with many people, islation that would either door knocking, phoning or eliminate all public at meetings and many are not too sector unions.” (Di- I am voting for candidates who excited about the choices. I under- rectly from the Re- will protect my union. stand what you are telling me. publican Party of PAID I am voting for my union. I am Iowa platform.) I am voting to protect the U.S. POSTAGE U.S. PRESORT INC PRESORT voting to make sure that the union Over the many organization that gets me good NON-PROFIT ORG. NON-PROFIT movement that has provided me the years I have had opportunity to raise my children, the opportunity to wages, keeps my benefits and educate them, keep food on the ta- vote, I may or may keeps my workplace safe. ble and roof over their heads. not have had such Sound too simple? It’s not hard to a clear choice. This come to this conclusion. election is about One party fully embraces the the continuation elimination of the trade union of the labor move- movement. One party is in favor of ment and its abil- national Right to Work. Our gover- ity to function as an equalizer in the I am voting for union endorsed nor for life would like nothing more struggle with the corporations and candidates. I am voting for my than to destroy collective bargain- the 1%. union. Secretary-Treasurer’s Notes Iowa FoL Lame Duck And & Iowa CLC Inside This The TPP Endorsements Issue .........................Page 3 .......... Pages 4-5 Iowa AFL-CIO Iowa News AFL-CIO Federation of Labor, Iowa A St., Suite 2000 Walker 50317 Des Moines, Iowa Page 2 IOWA AFL-CIO NEWS October 2016 Flip It Over And VOTE! On the back side of your bal- lieve the courts should be free from lot, there is a very important issue: political and financial influence, judges. that it is in everyone’s best interests Iowa has “a judicial retention to have courts in Iowa remain fair election” system. Judges stand for and impartial. retention election near the end of In a thesis written by Florida First their term of office. In a retention District Court of Appeals Judge, Pe- election, judges do not have oppo- ter Webster, on “Selection and re- nents. Instead, voters decide wheth- tention of judges, is there one best er or not to retain a judge in office. If method” he stated, “. judges are a judge receives a simple majority of not politicians – they are charged “yes” votes, they serve another full with interpreting the law, not mak- term. First term Judges also face a ing it. Moreover, judges do not and retention vote. should not have a constituency. There are some political groups They do not represent anyone. attempting to bring politics into our Rather, they represent the law.” judicial system. “Justice not Poli- Flipping over your ballot, and tics” is a coalition that is working to voting YES for the judges, will be keep politics out of the courts. “Io- ing its fairness and impartiality,” page. “Justice not Politics” repre- a big step in keeping politics out of wa’s merit selection and retention states the “Justice not Politics” web sents thousands of Iowans who be- the courts. process keeps politics and campaign money out of our courts, safeguard- THERE IS S IN UNITY TRENGTH RATION O DE F E L F A B A O W R O I AFL-CIO AFL-CIO Volunteers Needed For Labor 2016 D e a s ow Moines I NEWS IOWA This election appears to be a close Labor 2016 Offices around Iowa: Marshalltown one, it is critical that union members 1149 UFCW The Iowa AFL-CIO News is the and our families go to the polls and LABOR CAMPAIGN OFFICES 803 N 3rd Ave official publication of the vote this year. A large percentage of Marshalltown, IA 50158 Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO union members in Iowa are regis- Cedar Rapids 641-752-0464 2000 Walker St., Suite A tered to vote, yet in the last few elec- IBEW Local 405 Des Moines, Iowa 50317 tions too many of us failed to show 1211 Wiley Blvd SW Quad Cities and is published quarterly. up. Cedar Rapids, IA 53404 UFCW Local 431 And the results show that there Rick Moyle 2411 W. Central Park (515) 262-9571 were several races that were lost by 319-396-8461 Davenport, IA 52804 a very few votes. Tracy Leone iowaaflcio.org Along with our affiliates and Council Bluffs 309-738-3196 CLCs, the Iowa Federation of Labor TBD has developed a statewide election Quad Cities plan to get the labor vote out. Re- Des Moines USW 105 Officers lease staff can’t do this alone. 2000 Walker St, Suite A 880 Devils Glenn Road Des Moines, IA 50317 Bettendorf, Iowa 52806 & Staff We need your help. Mark Fallis Tracy Leone Make sure you are registered to 515-262-9571 309-738-3196 vote and that you are in the right President voting area. Dubuque Ottumwa KEN D. SAGAR You can vote early starting Sep- Labor Temple TBD [email protected] tember 29! There are satellite voting 1610 Garfield places all over Iowa, you just have Dubuque, IA 521001 Sioux City Secretary/Treasurer CHARLIE WISHMAN to go to your county auditors web WILF [email protected] page or call them to see where those Iowa City 3038 S. Lakeport sites are located. The Secretary of 940 S Gilbert Ct, Sioux City, IA 51106 State Political Director State (Iowa) web page sos.iowa.gov Iowa City, Iowa 52240 BETTY BRIM-HUNTER also has a list of where you can vote, [email protected] forms to get and other voting infor- mation such as: Communications Director Absentee Ballot request Go to: LANCE COLES Voter Registration [email protected] Go to Iowalabornews.com and check out the list of Union endorsed iowalabornews.com Political Organizer candidates and current labor walks. BEN MURRY [email protected] We are stronger together. That and click on Election 2016 is what union membership is all Political Organizer about. If we work together dur- for more information on TRACY LEONE ing this election period to get more [email protected] union sisters and brothers to vote walks, phone calling and for our endorsed candidates, we Bookkeeper will restore the balance of power, other needs JAMIE MILLER stop attacks on working people and [email protected] build an economy that works for ev- eryone. Iowa ARA Organizer We need volunteers to knock on SUE DINSDALE door, make phone calls, and help [email protected] get out the vote! To Volunteer contact: Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO 2000 Walker, Suite A Des Moines IA 50317 (812) 923-1111 515-262-9571 AFL-CIO [email protected]. October 2016 IOWA AFL-CIO NEWS Page 3 The Secretary-Treasurer's Notes . Lame Duck And The TPP towards becoming law? It’s called “lame duck,” and it’s something we all have to be worried about.