SISTERS AND BROTHERS,

WE MADE THROUGH ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION.  THIS WAS A TOUGH FIGHT BUT THANKS TO MEMBERS LIKE YOU AND OTHER UNIONS PULLING TOGETHER WE WERE ABLE TO KILL THE ATTACKS ON THE UNIONS AND THE MIDDLECLASS!! IF ANY LABOR BILLS DID MAKE IT THROUGH A COMMITTEE, IT WAS SO HEAVILY AMENDED THAT ANY TEETH WERE PULLED OUT, OR THEY DROPPED BECAUSE OF THE AMENDMENTS. THIS WAS A GIANT COLOBORATION OF LABOR UNIONS AND PUBLIC UNIONS TO GET THIS DONE, THERE WAS A RECORD NUMBER OF UNION MEMBER LOBBIEST UP AT THE CAPITAL THIS YEAR. WE WERE UP THERE DAILY FOR MUCH OF THE SESSION AND SHOWED THEM WE ARE HERE AND WE MATTER. RELATIONSHIPS WERE MADE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, LABOR ISSUES SHOULDNT BE BIPARTISEN AND I THINK ITS BECOMING CLEAR TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS OF SHOWING THIS WAS WHEN A CONGRESS PERSON TRIED TO PUSH RTW TO THE FLOOR AFTER COMMITTEE SHUT IT DOWN AND 70 OUT OF 100 REPRESENATIVES SAID NO! RTW IS NOT RIGHT FOR MONTANA.  WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO THANK THE CONGRESS PEOPLE FOR THOSE VOTES. THE LIST IS ON THE FRONT PAGE AND IN THE POLITICAL ACTION SECTION. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A WAY TO THANK ALL THE DIFFERENT OFFICIALS THAT HELPED US THIS YEAR SO STAY TUNED AND CHECK BACK OFTEN.