So you think John McCain is a good ole boy, a straight shooter and a maverick and somebody you would enjoy having a beer with; Ok so look him up and have that beer and have a real conversation about what he will do "for" the working families of America. Then get up and work your butt off to elect someone that will actually help to change the course of our ecomomy so it benefits all working Americans not just the super rich.

McCain prides himself on being a “straight talker.” However, what he says is not usually beneficial to working families and his record has certainly not supported any rhetoric suggesting he might be interested in the difficulties working families face every day. He has fought against workers’ rights, making it harder to bargain for better wages. He is willing to fatten the pockets of the wealthy while leaving low-wage earners behind. McCain has shipped our jobs overseas but opposed job creation efforts here at home and will leave workers out on their own to try and fight the insurance companies for decent health care. Working families need a President that understand their concerns and will fight to fix the skewed balance that favors the top 1% at the expense of the rest.

McCain’s Record Undercuts Our Wages And Benefits, While Giving The Wealthy A Break On Their Taxes. McCain voted against raising the minimum wage for working families, but for Bush’s tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans. He opposed applying Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements to federal disaster areas and voted against protecting overtime eligibility for 6 million workers. [HR 2, Vote

#23, 1/24/08; Vote #24, 1/24/08; Vote #25, 1/25/08; Vote #, 37, 1/31/08; Vote #39, 1/31/08; Vote# 42, 1/31/08; S. 2766, Vote #179, 6/21/06; S. 256, Vote #26, 3/7/05; S. 2020, Vote #26, 11/18/05; S. 1650, Vote# 320, 10/7/99; S 1637, Vote# 79, 5/4/04]

McCain Is A “Free Trader” Who Supports Expanding Unfair Trade Deals That Send Our Jobs Overseas. McCain has a long history of supporting bad trade agreements (including the Colombian Trade Agreement) with little to no labor

protections, declaring, “If I were President, I would negotiate a free trade agreement with almost any country...” The pro-business Club for Growth has labeled him a “strong proponent of free trade” and he has voted for every unfair trade agreement that has come up during his time in Congress. He continued to support expanding NAFTA long after its effects had been felt and has opposed measures, like Buy America requirements and elimination of tax credits for outsourcers, intended to help stem the flow of jobs last due to these trade agreements. [Speech to the National Press Club, 5/20/1999; Club for Growth White Paper,

3/12/07; India Abroad (New York Edition), 11/30/07; Statement in the Senate on Drug Free Borders, 3/18/1999; S. 33569, Vote #190, 6/29/06; S 1307, Vote# 170, 6/30/05; HR 2739, Vote# 318, 7/31/03; HR 2738, Vote# 319, 7/31/03; HR 3009, Vote #115, 5/16/02, Vote #117, 5/21/02, Vote #207, 8/1/02; S. 1269, Vote #292, 11/4/97; H.R. 434, Vote #353, 11/3/99; H.R. 4444, Vote #251, 9/19/00; HR 3450, Vote #395, 11/20/93; S.1637, Vote #83, 5/5/04; S.2400, Vote #135, 6/22/04; S.1050, Vote #191, 5/21/03; H.R. 2299, Vote #252, 7/26/01; H.R. 975, Vote #178, 6/22/99]

McCain Opposed Efforts To Spur Job Creation. McCain’s obsession with reducing so-called “pork” has led him to oppose important construction projects that create jobs and make much needed repairs to infrastructure and our kid’s schools. He voted against $1.6 billion in school construction funding to help schools districts repair their most dilapidated public school buildings and against a six-year reauthorization of the federal highway and transit program that created 1 million jobs protected by Davis Bacon prevailing wage standards. [S 1, Vote# 108, 5/16/01; HR. 3, Vote# 220, 7/29/05]

McCain Claims He Will Help Unemployed Workers Weather The Storm But Has Voted Against Programs Necessary To Do So. McCain has claimed that he is committed to helping workers get retrained so that they can compete for good jobs. However, he has proposed to take money away from retraining programs to pay for a flawed wage insurance plan. McCain voted against a pilot program to provide low-interest loans to workers in job training or assistance programs to help them make ends meet while they learn the skills to get the jobs they need and voted against extending unemployment insurance benefits in 2003. [GOP Debate, Myrtle Beach, FNC, 1/10/08; Detroit Free Press, 12/20/07; HR. 3009, Vote # 119, 5/21/02;

S 1054, Vote# 152, 5/15/03]

Do you want four more years like the last eight years; more war in Iraq, more relaxation on laws protecting workers and laws regulaing industry, more attacks on workers rights and more assualts on civil liberties? If you want more, John McCain is your man.

John McCain's Lifetime Labor Voting Record is 16%. We can and must do better.

In Solidarity

Georgia AFL-CIO WIN