Campaign Strategy: The Gay and Lesbian Vote

Submitted by David Hunt on June 10, 2010 - 8:58pm

Death, Taxes & Politics

A group called Stonewall Democrats is narrowing down which candidates to support in this year's election. The group identifies itself as a network of gay and lesbian Democratic activists.

Three of the 30 candidates to make the cut (10 will make the final cut for endorsements) are from Florida.

Here are their bios. Anyone interested in voicing which candidates would be best for the gay and lesbian community can do so on this website.

Building Star Can Create 185,000 Green Jobs This Year

by Mike Hall, Jun 13, 2010

In the current recession, no sector has been harder hit than the construction industry, which has lost more than 2 million jobs. The unemployment rate in the construction industry is a staggering 27 percent, almost triple the overall unemployment rate.

You can help put building and construction trades workers back on the job by contacting your senators and representatives and urging them to support Building Star-H.R. 5476 and S. 3079. The legislation would provide building owners rebates and low-cost financing options for energy-efficient renovations in existing buildings.

It would, says the Sheet Metal Workers (SMWIA):

mobilize building owners, construction firms, the building trades and manufacturers and distributors of building supplies to create jobs NOW in 2010, not later. Building Star will put sheet metal workers back to work retrofitting existing buildings, and would do so fast.

Young Workers Summit: NFL Players Call for Union Solidarity

by James Parks, Jun 12, 2010

When an offensive or defensive line of a football team stands shoulder-to-shoulder, it is almost impossible to move it. Today, two National Football League (NFL) players came to the AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit to invite their fellow union members to stand with them in one of the toughest battles they face on or off the field.

The 32 super-rich owners of the NFL teams terminated the current collective bargaining agreement two years early because they say “it isn’t working for them,” Domonique Foxworth of the Baltimore Ravens and a member of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) executive committee, told the young union activists.