Repuke candidate for gov Dino Rossi Hates Workers - A voting history

[Union Thug]

Dino Rossi - Real Estate agent, poser Pinkerton. How much does Rossi loathe workers? Let his voting record count the ways (excerpted from an e-mail recieved today from the Washington State Labor Council):

2003 -- Rossi voted for changes to the unemployment system that dramatically cut benefits for workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own; for cutting workers' compensation benefits for victims of job-related hearing loss; for repealing the workplace ergonomic safety rule; for freezing the state minimum wage; for adopting federal wage-and-hour standards (in anticipation of the Bush administration proposal to exclude some 8 million Americans from the right to overtime pay); and for authorizing charter schools.

2002 -- Rossi voted against granting collective bargaining rights to state employees, 4-year college faculty and UW academic student employees; against the prescription drug utilization bill to create a "buying pool" negotiating lower drug prices in Washington; against allowing use of sick time or other paid leave to care for sick family members; and against allowing dues deduction for home-care workers who choose to join a union.

2001 -- Rossi voted against granting unemployment benefits to victims of domestic violence who are forced to quit their jobs to flee their attackers (at an annual estimated cost of just $144,000); against implementation of the state ergonomic safety rule; and against prohibiting public employers from firing or misclassifying employees to avoid providing benefits.

2000 -- Rossi voted against the retraining bill designed to assist laid-off Boeing Machinists, timber workers and others; against providing unemployment benefits to workers locked out of their jobs (like those at Kaiser Aluminum); against promoting apprenticeship on public-works projects; and against empowering health care workers to avoid and prevent needlestick injuries. He voted for privatization of certain ferry runs.

1999 -- No labor voting record that year.

1998 -- Rossi voted against increasing agency home-care workers' wages to an average $8.50 an hour and against a "pay gap" measure designed to grant bigger raises to state employees whose wages lag behind their private sector counterparts.

1997 -- Rossi voted for overturning a unanimous Supreme Court decision (Birklid v. Boeing) granting legal immunity to employers that intentionally injure workers; for partial privatization of our state workers' compensation system; for lowering state standards protecting workers from secondhand smoke; and for granting legal immunity to job site contractors who negligently injure workers who are not their employees.

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Actually, Rossi did NOT run as a Republicker

He ran as a GOPper. At least, that is what the Secretary of State says, what the voter pamphlet said and what the ballot said.

I think this is something that should be used: Rossi is too ashamed of the Republican Party to run as a Republican.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

2. union thug, is there anyway you can get this info to the boeing unions

spea and the mechanics? I ask, because my brother, a boeing enginer, tells me that many many union members are planning on voting for Rossi and McCain. I know, go figure, but my brother swears it is true.