[WestMALocals] Press Release | Broadhurst Campaign Endorsed by United Auto Workers

[Owen Broadhurst]

 Owen R. Broadhurst
96 Elbert Road
Agawam, MA  01001-3202
413.786.1508
owen.broadhurst at gmail.com
http://www.owenbroadhurst.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AGAWAM - Green-Rainbow Party candidate for State Representative in the Third
Hampden District, Owen R. Broadhurst of Agawam, discloses his endorsement by
the United Auto Workers Massachusetts State Community Action Program
Council. Mr. Broadhurst expects to be on the November ballot, and intends to
turn in his 150 certified signatures to the Western Massachusetts office of
the Secretary of the Commonwealth on Monday morning. Mr. Broadhurst
expresses gratitude for United Auto Workers support, and pledges his support
for the collective bargaining rights of working people in the district.

"I was informed by the United Auto Workers MA State CAP Council on April
20th, and again in a letter dated April 24, that I have secured the
Council's endorsement, " Broadhurst noted. "I believe the Council was
impressed by my continued and unwavering support for both the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and the Collective Bargaining Convention adopted
by the General Conference of the International Labor Organization. For the
United Auto Workers, I have immense respect and I must extend to them again
my gratitude for this endorsement."
 Mr. Broadhurst observed that as a state legislator he would do more to
support the freedom of workers to choose a union. "I firmly support
mandatory card check recognition, majority authorization legislation, and
employer neutrality. The National Workrights Institute has observed that the
right to organize is the workplace expression of the Consitutionally
guaranteed right to freedom of association. I solidly support this most
basic and essential of human rights."

"I very much oppose state or municipal funding of contracts with entities
that refuse to remain neutral during organizing drives, and believe all so
funded must grant union card check recognition if majority support is
demonstrated. Neither state nor local funds should ever be used against
organizing drives. I will resist paycheck deception proposals, oppose any
weakening of workplace safety laws and regulations, and urge the passage of
Living Wage legislation. I support an indexing of the minimum wage to the
rate of inflation, and embrace a single-payer health plan. I support the
strengthening and expansion of whistle-blower protections, and very much
oppose the privatization of public resources."

"I believe working families appreciate the need for such things, and am
pleased that the United Auto Workers agree."

-- 
Owen R. Broadhurst
Candidate for State Representative
Third Hampden District
http://www.owenbroadhurst.org