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 Johnny's here, there — and everywhere People make organizations work, Tucker says Nine win Council 2 scholarships Resolutions approved at convention Convention sets agenda for next two years Hersey award goes to Trina Young Larsen's interest in union affairs is all in the family Why we must vigorously oppose I-747 You helped me win senate race, Cantwell tells delegates Bothell calls in a cop to help in negotiations Council 2 is fastest growing union |
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You helped me win senate race, Cantwell tells delegatesMEMBERS OF COUNCIL 2 helped deliver the votes she needed for victory, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell told the union’s convention. "When it came to the 2,229-vote margin I received, I know people in this room delivered them," she said. "Thank you."
Cantwell won the senate race by a slim majority in the November elections. "I want you to take a moment to be proud of what that means," Cantwell told the delegates. "I am the second Democratic woman to be elected a senator and this is the first time since Scoop and Maggie that we have two Democratic senators from Washington state." (She was referring to senators Henry "Scoop" Jackson and Warren G. "Maggie" Magnuson who represented Washington in the late 50s, 60s and 70s.) Cantwell said she would help fight for an increase in the minimum wage and would oppose contracting out. "There is nothing about contracting out that is any different in the public and private sectors," she said. "It is all about cheaper jobs or lower wages or benefits. I am going to make sure we fight that at a lower level and that we pay people a decent wage at a decent level." Cantwell said for the last eight years annual growth has run at more than 4 percent a year. "We paid down out debt, kept interest rates low, and made a great investment in people," she added. "I am going to work hard to make sure that we represent you, the people. It is an investment in you and your future that will make the greatest impact on our economy." |
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