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Text Box: President Elaine Bobrove Elbob5@comcast.net Treasurer Ernie Kiesel EKiesel4@comcast.net Secretary Sharon Goldstein sharongoldst@comcast.net Vice-Pres/Blackwood Sharon Goldstein sharongoldst@comcast.net Vice-Pres/Rohrer Larry DeVaro ljdevaro@aol.com Vice-Pres/Camden James Lawson JLConcept@aol.com Membership Chairs Karen Feldman kfeldman@camdencc.edu Martha Bachman mystic4664@worldnet.att.net Editor Irene Schiller irene@northlab.com

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Text Box: AFL/CIO and AFT Endorse Menendez Both the AFL/CIO and the AFT have endorsed the candidacy of Robert Menendez for U.S. Senator. “While the current scandal involving Rep. Mark Foley (D-Fla.) has put the Republicans on the defensive,” AFT President McElroy warned, “the AFT needs to maintain its focus on challenging candidates for office to explain what they will do to promote the union’s priorities on healthcare, pensions, education and the whole range of high-quality public services. Politics,” continued McElroy, “is at the heart of all those issues, and by electing better lawmakers, that makes the work of the union and its members that much easier.” In endorsing Senator Menendez, the AFL/CIO said, “Bob Menendez has been a staunch defender of worker’s rights and opposes privatization of public services. He opposes the Bush Administration’s efforts to privatize Social Security believing instead that workers deserve a secure retirement.” Senator Menendez fought efforts to privatize federal employees. He was an early sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act, a law designed to give workers the right to join unions free from employer intimidation. He has endorsed increased student aid, protecting the Voting Rights Act, extending healthcare benefits, and raising the minimum wage. He has also tried to bring some perspective to the situation in which we find ourselves in Iraq. During his 14 years in Congress, Menendez has consistently voted with the AFT in fighting for the interests of children, patients and others who the AFT serves. Tom Kean Jr., on the other hand, after a short career in public office, often takes a position aligning himself with the views of President Bush. The AFL/CIO says Kean has exhibited a disturbing trend of opposing efforts to protect public sector jobs. He recently voted against funding New Jersey’s public employee pensions and against union efforts to arbitrate grievances. He has further demonstrated his anti-union leanings by voting against extending the “card-check” method of organizing to public employees throughout NJ. He has also voted to allow school districts and colleges to enter into subcontracting agreements, which circumvent existing union contracts. The AFL/CIO emphasizes that how one votes is a personal decision. In this, the tightest contest in the country, both the AFL/CIO and the AFT strongly endorse Bob Menendez for United States Senator.

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