Stover Endorsed by AFL-CIO
Centralia, IL. June 15, 2006
The AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) have announced their official endorsement of Danny Stover for the United States House of Representatives. Stover, a Democrat, is challenging Republican incumbent John Shimkus for the seat this November.
Stover is a long time advocate of labor and workforce issues, something that the AFL-CIO no doubt took into account when deciding which candidate to back for this year’s election. An issue that he often talks about is free trade. A candidate who considers “keeping jobs in Southern Illinois” to be his first priority, Stover stresses that, while free trade policies have resulted in a “net gain for our nation, especially the rich,” free trade has also hurt people in his district who’s jobs are being shipped overseas.
An alternative that deals with the competitive market and puts a high premium on human rights is fair trade, rather than free trade. Danny Stover has long been a supporter of making our trade policies fair, buying and selling merchandise and labor overseas for prices equivalent to those on the American market. Too many people around the world are dying in poverty because they can’t make a decent wage, and too many Americans are losing their jobs because corporations can hire foreign workers, often children, for a fraction of the cost.
Stover’s support of labor and working Americans in Southern Illinois is in sharp contrast to that of his opponent, Congressman John Shimkus. Rating his votes as to whether they are “wrong” (hurts working families) or “right” (helps working families), the union organization gave Shimkus’s votes only a 29% “lifetime right” rating. Included in his recent “wrong” votes are: the massive increase in the deficit caused, in part, by John Shimkus’s approval of the president’s tax cuts for the wealthy, his help in gutting legislation to provide more job training for the unemployed, and his opposition to new, essential, workplace safety regulations.
The union endorsement demonstrates to the public what those who know Mr. Stover already know - when he is elected to Congress, Dan Stover will tirelessly represent the interests of working people all over the United States, especially in Southern Illinois.
Some other issues that form the backbone of the Stover campaign are his opposition to the Iraq War, his belief in the necessity of innovation in the way we fight the war on terror and the war on drugs, and his dedication to Congressional oversight of the Executive branch. "I believe in due process," says the Stover campaign's website. He believes that Congress needs to enter into "open, bipartisan deliberations" concerning the legality of such programs as warrant-less NSA wiretapping and torture.
The AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) have announced their official endorsement of Danny Stover for the United States House of Representatives. Stover, a Democrat, is challenging Republican incumbent John Shimkus for the seat this November.
Stover is a long time advocate of labor and workforce issues, something that the AFL-CIO no doubt took into account when deciding which candidate to back for this year’s election. An issue that he often talks about is free trade. A candidate who considers “keeping jobs in Southern Illinois” to be his first priority, Stover stresses that, while free trade policies have resulted in a “net gain for our nation, especially the rich,” free trade has also hurt people in his district who’s jobs are being shipped overseas.
An alternative that deals with the competitive market and puts a high premium on human rights is fair trade, rather than free trade. Danny Stover has long been a supporter of making our trade policies fair, buying and selling merchandise and labor overseas for prices equivalent to those on the American market. Too many people around the world are dying in poverty because they can’t make a decent wage, and too many Americans are losing their jobs because corporations can hire foreign workers, often children, for a fraction of the cost.
Stover’s support of labor and working Americans in Southern Illinois is in sharp contrast to that of his opponent, Congressman John Shimkus. Rating his votes as to whether they are “wrong” (hurts working families) or “right” (helps working families), the union organization gave Shimkus’s votes only a 29% “lifetime right” rating. Included in his recent “wrong” votes are: the massive increase in the deficit caused, in part, by John Shimkus’s approval of the president’s tax cuts for the wealthy, his help in gutting legislation to provide more job training for the unemployed, and his opposition to new, essential, workplace safety regulations.
The union endorsement demonstrates to the public what those who know Mr. Stover already know - when he is elected to Congress, Dan Stover will tirelessly represent the interests of working people all over the United States, especially in Southern Illinois.
Some other issues that form the backbone of the Stover campaign are his opposition to the Iraq War, his belief in the necessity of innovation in the way we fight the war on terror and the war on drugs, and his dedication to Congressional oversight of the Executive branch. "I believe in due process," says the Stover campaign's website. He believes that Congress needs to enter into "open, bipartisan deliberations" concerning the legality of such programs as warrant-less NSA wiretapping and torture.
