Politics affects our lives everyday. The right to form and belong to a union, labor laws protecting workers, Social Security, and the right of all children to attend school are benefits that exist for working families today but may change depending on who gets elected to office.

That is why the ILWU Political Action Committee (PAC) has prepared a list of endorsed candidates. Your PAC believes that these candidates will best work to preserve the rights we enjoy today and help us pursue additional benefits, such as improved Medicare and prescription drug coverage.

The ILWU Political Action program depends on members and their families being registered to vote and voting for ILWU endorsed candidates. Our political influence depends on the support we can provide to the candidates we endorse. The first step is our VOTE at the polls. Please support union endorsed candidates on General Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

—Adapted from an article by Robert Zahl, Unit 2101 - HC&S Editor