POLITICAL INFORMATION LINKS

These sites may be useful in forming opinions, and informing your co-workers about issues, candidates, specific pieces of legislation, and campaigns that will directly impact you and your family. Many of these sites presume that you share some set of beliefs. Be selective. The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades provides the following links as a convenience to our members and visitors.

Information about your state and local governments in the United States

Rightwing Revealed--The Right Wing Attack on the American Labor Movement by Joanne Ricca, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO

How our Laws are made is just what it sounds like. Refreshing, huh?

Pound-for-pound, Vote Smart is the your most helpful source for political information on the Internet. Vote Smart is a non-partisan source for information on over 13,000 elected officials in the U.S., including voting records. They also produce several excellent publications directly downloadable to your computer.

Want to balance the presence of the Christian Coalition in your church come November? Check out what The Interfaith Alliance is doing to make sure all voices are heard.

SpeakOut.com, formerly Policy.com, presents election information, highlighting different states.

The Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives presents helpful information about the House of Representatives.

FEC Info is "a place to discover who gave how much to which Federal candidates and when."

The Center for Responsive Politics presents detailed information on politicians, parties, lobbyists, and more.

CNN and Time Magazine combine to give you topical political news with a corporate media slant on All Politics.

Rock The Vote is a hip page with content that builds as election day approaches.

Yahoo! Politics page provides ready access to politics in Canada and the US, and around the world.

The National League of Women Voters is a non-partisan voter education organization dedicated to the principle that an informed citizen is the bedrock of democracy.

The National Conference of State Legislatures is a source of information about, you guessed it: State Legislatures.

Other Labor Political Pages

• International Association of Fire Fighters -- www.iaff.org
• Communications Workers of America -- www.cwa-union.org
  CWA Legislative and Political Web Site -- www.cwa-legis-pol.org
• National Air Traffic Controllers Association -- www.natca.org
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees -- www.afscme.org
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers -- www.iamaw.org
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers -- www.ibew.org
• Transportation Communications International Union -- www.tcunion.org
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters -- www.teamster.org
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers -- www.boilermakers.org

We assume no responsibility and accept no liability for the content of others' pages.