Reply #21: Kerry pro-union for 18 years in Senate

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From JohnKerry.com:

The American Labor Movement

"I think it's time we had a President who will provide the only real economic security: good jobs. A President who will provide middle class payroll tax relief to get money in the pockets of workers who will spend it, not more tax giveaways for those at the top to stimulate the economy in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. A President who will index the minimum wage to inflation and raise it from a 30 year low, not increase the tax burden on the middle class and those struggling to join it."
-- John Kerry, March 27, 2003

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John Kerry has a 90 percent AFL-CIO voting record over an 18-year senate career. He has fought to raise the minimum wage, cosponsored bills to outlaw Striker Replacement and provide workers with Family and Medical Leave to spend time with a new child or care for a family member. He has helped beat back Republican efforts to gut OSHA, weaken worker safety rules and cut funds from worker training and employment programs. And he has fought for workers' right to organize in his home state of Massachusetts, including SEIU workers in Boston, UFCW and CWA workers throughout the state. He's also supporting UAW organizers seeking to organize in Worcester.