Steelworkers to Palin: ‘Stop Using Your Husband’s Membership In The USW As A Prop’
In a desperate attempt to try and gain a few votes from labor, the McCain political machine has been talking up Palin's husband's union membership with the United Steelworkers (USW) at every chance it can.
But the United Steelworkers union isn’t so pleased. USW President Leo Gerard noted that just because Todd Palin is a union member doesn’t mean that Palin is automatically qualified to represent labor interests:
"It is important to realize that while the governor’s husband is a member of a union, this does not automatically qualify her for an on-the-job training program to become a heartbeat away from the presidency. And while her husband is one of 850,000 dues-paying members of the steelworkers union, it does nothing to absolve Sen. McCain of his long history of anti-union sentiment and anti-worker actions."
