Column by Charles L. Little
UTU supports Gore/Lieberman
Labor's best chance is with a worker-friendly administration
UTU is charged by our membership with the responsibility of keeping you informed about situations that involve your job, your security and your retirement. Our job is to choose the best candidate for our issues and our members. This November, the UTU is asking its members and friends to "believe in Al Gore." -- Full text.

Column by James M. Brunkenhoefer
Your vote can be the difference
Many people feel that their vote does not make a difference. But your vote does count. It can make all the difference in the world. -- Full text.

Election recommendations by state
These candidates deserve your vote
The candidates listed in this guide have been determined by the UTU's state legislative boards to be the best qualified and most sympathetic to the needs of working men and women in this country. -- Full listing.

UTU Auxiliary chooses Gore/Lieberman
The Auxiliary of the United Transportation Union is endorsing the candidacies of Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman for president and vice president of the United States.

"We are asking all Auxiliary members to vote your pocketbook in the November elections for the future of all working men and women," said Auxiliary President Edythe Walter.

"We encourage our members to get their spouses, friends and neighbors registered to vote and to be available to provide transportation to those persons who would otherwise be unable to get to the polls on election day," she added.

Something to consider...
The United Transportation Union is a bi-partisan organization that works closely with members of both the Democratic and Republican parties in the halls of Congress and in the state capitals across our great nation. Money from the UTU's Transportation Political Education League (TPEL) is used to support lawmakers who are sympathetic to our concerns and the concerns of all working men and women. But here is something worth considering before casting your ballot on election day. The following is excerpted from the Democratic Party platform, which was adopted by delegates to the party's national convention earlier this year:

"Democrats know that workers' freedom to choose a voice at work is a fundamental American right that must never be threatened, never be obstructed, never be taken away. From the Industrial Age to the Information Age, unions have given working people the chance to improve their living standards and have a voice on the job. We are fighting for a new ergonomic standard and whistle-blower protections. We have stood up for the National Labor Relations Board and fought to protect the right of working families to participate in the political process when it was under attack.

"We need a new national law banning permanent striker replacement workers...We must also reform labor laws to protect workers' rights to exercise their voices and organize into unions by providing for a more level playing field between management and labor during organizing drives, and facilitating the ability of workers to organize and to bargain collectively."

See if you can find the same pledge in the Republican Party platform.

Let your voice be heard
Sign up for TPEL
UTU members have made the union's Transportation Political Education League (TPEL) the top railroad union political action committee (PAC) in the United States.

TPEL is many times more influential than all other railroad union PACs. Consider this: TPEL is more than one-and-a-half times bigger than the next five largest railroad union PACs combined; TPEL dwarfs the BLE's political action fund; TPEL average contributions per member are larger than those of all other railroad unions; TPEL ranks second to the 1.4-million member Teamsters among all transportation PACs.

We need the Power of One ­ and the Power of TPEL ­ to make our voices heard even louder in Washington, D.C., and in your state capital.

If you are not a member of TPEL, please consider joining today. If you are a member, please consider boosting your monthly pledge.

Your future could depend on it.

"Because of the individual and joint efforts of the more than 30,000 members of TPEL, the UTU is able to have an impact on the legislative process, at all levels."
-- UTU National Legislative Director James Brunkenhoefer