Trick or Treats--Union Made

Jason Lefkowitz from CTW has a great post up today over at Today'sWorkplace.org. In it, he lets people know where they can go to buy union made Halloween candy this year. After all,

why give your money to a company that treats its workers like Oompa-Loompas? They were slaves who got paid in beans, remember! (Don’t be fooled by their catchy songs; that’s just a show they put on for the boss. You should hear the things they say about him in the break room.)

Instead, head over to Union Plus and check out the list of candy made by UFCW, UFW, and BCTGM members. Go ahead--it's okay to indulge your sweet tooth at this time of year. Just make sure it's satiated with union made goodies. Even through your sugar high, you'll feel good knowing you're supporting American workers and good jobs.

Friday Afternoon Links

Stay classy, Rush: Jason Lefkowitz over at CTW exposes Rush’s awfulness, but beware—you have to take a trip through “the fetid swamps of Rush’s fevered imagination.”

Here’s to your health—and wealth: We already ration health care. Ezra Klein explains how: “We make it too expensive for everyone to afford.”

Conservatives sure are morbid: Greg Sargent points out how conservatives really, really like to use the word “death” when they talk about health care. Scare tactics, much?

If you’re in NYC this weekend: Big health care rally in Times Square. Bring your anti-teabagger gear.

Hundreds Of Union Members To March In 56th Inaugural Parade

From Change To Win In Washington, DC:

January 20th is going to be an historic day!

Oh, you think, I knew that. That’s when we’re going to be swearing in our first-ever African-American President of the United States!

That’s true, but it’s not the only reason why Tuesday will be historic.

What else is happening? For the first time in living memory, members of America’s labor movement have been asked to march in the official Inaugural Parade, that’s what.

Representing America’s workers will be 265 union members from across Change to Win, the AFL-CIO, and the National Education Association (NEA), along with a 17-by-24 foot float built entirely by union workers and driven by a Teamster. The float will feature the “faces of labor” — a tribute every hard-working man and woman who gets up every day and goes to work. (In the photo above, you can see the faces as they wait to be mounted on the float.)

January 20 will be the start of a new era for American workers, so it’s fitting that hundreds of them will be marching alongside President-Elect Barack Obama to mark the occasion!