{"id":1986,"date":"2018-03-05T21:18:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T21:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seiu105.org\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2020-02-11T20:38:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T20:38:18","slug":"building-worker-power-this-election-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seiu105.org\/es\/uncategorized\/building-worker-power-this-election-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Worker Power This Election Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Ron Ruggiero, President, SEIU Local 105<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that many of us are frustrated with politicians who get elected and then don&#8217;t do enough to fight for working and middle-class families. Most of us are tired of a rigged economy where hard work isn&#8217;t rewarded anymore and the wealth we create only flows to the top.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1989\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seiu105.org\/es\/files\/2018\/03\/DSC_0415-1.jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1989\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seiu105.org\/files\/2018\/03\/DSC_0415-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Ron Ruggiero speaking at an organizing meeting for Colorado home care workers.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron Ruggiero speaking at an organizing meeting for Colorado home care workers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>This has led our union to put <\/strong><em><strong>the issues that matter to working people front and center.<\/strong><\/em> For example, in 2016, we had a record number (hundreds and hundreds) of members who volunteered and stood up to help pass the Minimum Wage ballot measure that will raise it to $12 by 2020; giving over 500,000 Coloradans a direct raise.<\/p>\n<p>This election season, we have another opportunity to raise our issues.\u00a0 <strong>But, we&#8217;re not going for politicians.<\/strong>\u00a0 We&#8217;re showing up for\u00a0the priorities of Colorado workers.<\/p>\n<p>All election season, we will be <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seiu105.org\/es\/files\/2018\/03\/CaucusFlier_SEIU105.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leafleting<\/a><\/strong> and talking to politicians and\u00a0voters about the urgent need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raise wages for all working Coloradans,<\/li>\n<li>How unions provide in winning greater fairness and freedom at work,<\/li>\n<li>The need for healthcare that all can access,<\/li>\n<li>The need to tackle the crisis in the skyrocketing cost of housing,<\/li>\n<li>How we cannot allow immigrants to be scapegoated for economic problems caused by greed, restorative justice,<\/li>\n<li>And other issues critical to working people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Government works great if you&#8217;re a rich or powerful corporation.\u00a0 Through action, we can make government work for working people once again. Can you help us by standing up and taking action?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seiu105.org\/es\/files\/2018\/03\/CaucusFlier_SEIU105.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download and print a flier with our priorities here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seiu105.org\/es\/files\/2018\/03\/Caucus-Action-Social-Media-Guide.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download a social media guide.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seiu105.org\/es\/files\/2018\/03\/CrashTheCaucus.png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1998\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1998\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seiu105.org\/files\/2018\/03\/CrashTheCaucus-300x240.png\" alt=\"#CrashTheCaucus\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Ron Ruggiero, President, SEIU Local 105 It&#8217;s no secret that many of us are frustrated with politicians who get elected and then don&#8217;t do enough to fight for working and middle-class families. 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