LEADING STORIES

Palin Acceptance Speech at RNC – Omissions and Facts

We all know that Republican Vice Presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin made her first big speech to the nation on September 3rd. While there are many applauding her performance, others were struck by something else: omissions and facts . Read More ...

AFL-CIO Labor 2008

Local Union Spotlight: IUPAT District Council 82 IUPAT District Council 82, based out of Little Canada, MN is stepping up to the plate for Labor 2008! IUPAT District Council 82 brings together approximately 3,500 members in the Painting and Allied Trades. Volunteerism and community service projects are a strong part of this District’s activities. For “Christmas in May,” twelve of their members volunteered to build a deck and paint houses for community members who are low income; elderly and disabled. Story Continued HERE...
		From left: Paul Richards, IUPAT 880, DC 82 ;Rod Hogetvedt, IUPAT 386, DC 82; Jim Hodenfield, IUPAT 681, DC 82. / Photo credit: Casie Yoder

AFL-CIO Forms New Union Veterans Council
The men and women who served our country in the military deserve more than lip service. They deserve the best.

Some 2.1 million union members, or 14 percent of all union members, are veterans of military service. The AFL-CIO is bringing together union leaders and members who are veterans to speak out to and hold government officials and candidates accountable to the needs of our returning heroes—not only for Labor 2008, but beyond. Story Continued HERE...

IUPAT Provides Momentum in Pennsylvania for Hillary!

The Army of Black and Gold made its presence known in Pennsylvania on its election day April 22, 2008.  Members from throughout the state donned their IUPAT for Hillary shirts and carried signs to rallies, get out the vote efforts and phone banks. Story Continued HERE...

IUPAT Wraps Up a Strong Presence at National Legislative Conference

On the week of April 14, 2008, the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department held its annual legislative conference with much fanfare and success.  In addition to hosting numerous influential lawmakers, including the contenders for the Democratic nominee for president, the BCTD was celebrating its 100th Anniversary as well. Story Continued HERE...

The IUPAT Endorses Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Governor Mike Huckabee

In a landmark ballot vote, members and retirees of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades voted to endorse the campaigns of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Governor Mike Huckabee to become the presidential nominee of their respective parties.

Want to know more about these candidates and others? Click HERE to read the Election Issue of the Journal.

From Iowa to New Hampshire to Nevada and beyond, the IUPAT Army of Black and Gold
is Working Hard for Hillary

Volunteers from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades were quick to move after our union’s endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton last December. 

In Iowa, it was only days after the announcement that over a hundred of IUPAT members mobilized to work phone banks, walk door to door to hand out campaign literature and show their black and gold colors to cheer our candidate on at rallies. Click here to read more ...

Havens Joins the Government Affairs Team
As of January 2007, Steve Havens is the newest addition to the growing Government Affairs Department in the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. As assistant to the general president, Havens will be spearheading all International activities on the political action front in the Western Region. Read more...

IUPAT Feet on the Street... Political Action!
Across the country, members of the Painters and Allied Trades are in the field doing their part to put pro-working family candidates in office. Click here to see IUPAT brothers and sisters in action...

IUPAT Campaigns in NYC
Pirro gained support from the Painters And Allied Trades union who said she fought for wage reform laws on their behalf as Westchester District Attorney. See the story, click here...

IUPAT Members in Canada in Political Action-Party memberships seen as key to Alberta race
KATHERINE HARDING

EDMONTON -- In Alberta, the race to become the province's next leader isn't so much about new policies or ideas as it is a large-scale sales job.

So the eight men vying to replace retiring Progressive Conservative Leader and Alberta Premier Ralph Klein have been working less on perfecting their platforms than selling as many $5 party memberships as they can.

"I've spent the last year and a half not trying to garner headlines so much as getting volunteers in places such as Brooks and Claresholm and Edson and Hinton," said Mark Norris, a former Klein cabinet minister and Edmonton businessman, who is running for the province's top political job. "That's really the point of this whole exercise. If you don't have the organization, you can't win -- period."

Like the 1992 Tory leadership race, the party will use a one-person, one-vote system, so signing up members is vital for a victory. Anyone who is 16 or older, a resident of Alberta for the past six months and has $5 to buy a party membership can vote in their home constituency. Read more...