Congratulations on your decision to seek elected office.

We appreciate your willingness to engage in the political process and seek solutions to Michigan’s most pressing problems.

The Michigan AFL-CIO is a diverse, compassionate and powerful labor movement that improves the lives of the working people by fighting to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state. We represent one million active and retired union members from nearly fifty affiliated unions and constituency groups.

The following questionnaires evaluate your support for our platform, and will be used as a guide for our endorsement process. We have a proud record of endorsing Democrats, Republicans, and non-partisan candidates that support our members at the local, state and federal level. We may also use your responses to communicate to our members your stances on issues that are important to working families.

Below you will find the Michigan AFL-CIO’s Federal, State Candidate, and Local Government questionnaires. Please complete the questionnaire appropriate for the level of office you are seeking.

We appreciate you taking the time to complete the questionnaire, and thank you in advance for standing with working families across your district.

DEAR CANDIDATE,

Congratulations on your decision to seek elected office. We appreciate your willingness to engage in the political process and seek solutions to Michigan’s most pressing problems.

The Michigan AFL-CIO is a diverse, compassionate and powerful labor movement that improves the lives of the working people by fighting to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state. We represent one million active and retired union members from nearly fifty affiliated unions and constituency groups.

The following questionnaire evaluates your support for our platform, and will be used as a guide for our endorsement process. We have a proud record of endorsing Democrats, Republicans, and non-partisan candidates that support our members at the local, state and federal level. We may also use your responses to communicate to our members your stances on issues that are important to working families.

We appreciate you taking the time to complete this questionnaire, and thank you in advance for standing with the working families across your district.

In Solidarity,

RYAN SEBOLT
Director of Government Affairs Michigan AFL-CIO
(517) 927-3917
RSEBOLT@MIAFLCIO.ORG

 

For the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has up-ended our lives and highlighted harsh realities faced by working people. While most of us were told to stay home in order to protect the health and safety of our families, thousands of others were told they had to continue reporting to work. Their jobs were deemed essential to keep our society functioning. Their lives and the lives of their families were put at risk. The nurses who provided care, and the staff who kept hospitals and other healthcare centers clean. The transit workers who got people to their destinations and the people who delivered our food and packages. The grocery store employees and the people who made and produced our food. The school staff that made it possible for our children to learn. The individuals who kept our critical infrastructure maintained and running, and those who went into the factories to make PPE, hand sanitizer, and ventilators. All of these people, and so many more.

We also saw a series of strike actions take place, often by workers who were hailed as essential heroes at the beginning of the pandemic. Now, their employers treat them as zeros, with mandatory overtime and refusals to increase pay and benefits. Working people stood up for themselves and demanded better. Now, we need elected officials who will recognize the sacrifices made by working families, leaders who will protect and defend the rights of workers. We cannot ignore the lesson learned from the pandemic. Those entrusted to public office must be committed to people whose labor built and continues to build this state and our country.

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