Election Season Approaches

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.
-Plato

There will be many important decisions to be made this election season, whether in the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race between Bob Casey and Rick Santorum, the governor’s race between Ed Rendell and Lynn Swann, or any of the vital matchups in more localized contests for offices ranging from school board to Congress. All of these races are relevant to your future as someone who works for a living. If you aren’t registered to vote yet, time is running out. (Click here to register.)

And don’t forget that ballots for the Teamsters international elections will be in the mail over the next week or two. Don’t forget to make your voice heard by filling out your ballot and sending it in, following all the enclosed instructions. Click here for the official campaign literature from the I.B.T. website. Click here for the candidate forum videos.

Quotables: Clarence Darrow

“With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.”

Click here to learn more about Clarence Darrow

Union Meeting Alert

The first general membership meeting of the fall will be this Sunday (September 24, 2006) at 10:30 a.m. For a list of upcoming meetings, click here or on the “MEETINGS” tab at the top of this page.