
Doug was a Republican until someone in his local made a wager with him: if his candidate won the White House and controlled the House and Senate…
Doug Gross (Region 1D, Local 602)

To elect candidates who care about workers, his local is starting by getting members engaged through their Union 201 program. “It’s about our best interest as autoworkers…
Brian Hartman (Region 2B, Local 2209)
During the economic downturn, Bill Johnson knew his community needed someone on city council looking out for working families…
Bill Johnson (Region 1A, Local 900)
When his steel mill closed down, Andrew Linko took advantage of the Trade Adjustment Act’s retraining program and got hired at Woodhaven Stamping…
Andrew Linko (Region 1A, Local 387)
President Jimmy Carter is a humanitarian, and his deeply held religious beliefs led him to introduce changes in the way the U.S. conducted foreign policy during his administration.

In 1937, 10 striking steelworkers were killed, some shot in the back by police, and 90 others wounded in what has come to be known as the Memorial Day Massacre…
President Harry S. Truman became president in 1945 after President Roosevelt died in office. His presidency faced many problems in the years immediately following World War II as the country struggled to transition to a peacetime economy…
FDR’s New Deal reforms gave workers the right to bargain under the Wagner Act of 1935. But what the New Deal is mostly known for is providing a minimum…
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was in office from 1953 to 1961. He ran as a Republican and at that time the Republican Party platform called for expansion of Social Security, broadened unemployment…