On today's Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the role of unions in the presidential elections. Unions are spending more than $400M to help reelect President Obama. How are unions using their political dollars? And what is it getting them? Join us at 10am PST or leave a comment here. What role should unions play in electoral politics? It’s Your, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Bill Fletcher, a racial justice, labor, and international activist and writer. He is the author of They're Bankrupting Us - And Twenty Other Myths about Unions.
Mike Elk, an award winning labor journalist and staff writer for In These Times
Web Resources:
AlterNet: The 2012 Elections Have Little To Do With Obama's Record … Which Is Why We Are Voting For Him
Aljazeera: The Decline of Union Power
WSJ: Political Spending by Unions Far Exceeds Direct Donations
AP: DNC guests to party with donors, special
In These Times: At 35,000-Member Rally, AFL-CIO Attempts the Herculean
