e-Team Report, Nov. 13, 2012

APWU Celebrates Obama Victory

Last Tuesday night, President Obama was reelected decisively over challenger Mitt Romney.  President Obama bested Mitt Romney in almost all competitive swing states and captured 332 Electoral College votes.  “Obama’s win is a triumph for working people,” said APWU President Cliff Guffey, “and the labor movement played a significant role in the campaign.  APWU members worked tirelessly for this victory, along with tens of thousands of others in the labor movement and every walk of life,” he said

In addition to President Obama’s resounding victory, several champions of working people were newly elected to the Senate, such as Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, and Heidi Heitkamp. 

To read more about APWU’s take on the 2012 US elections, please click here.

Labor Delivers for Obama

President Obama’s reelection was made possible by victories in a number of swing states, such as Ohio, Wisconsin, and Nevada.  To advance the cause of working people, APWU, AFL-CIO, and the labor movement engaged in an on the ground voter turnout drive to get President Obama over the top in those key states.  This swing state turnout push has been described as “the smartest, the biggest, and the broadest effort that labor’s ever run.”

“We did deliver those states,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumpka.  “Without organized labor, none of those would have been in the president’s column.”

To read more about labor’s successful effort to bolster President Obama’s reelection, please click here.

The Struggle Continues…

As the earlier APWU story mentioned, “Despite these wins, however, much remains the same. Republicans retained a large majority in the House of Representatives, and the Democratic majority in the Senate will not be big enough to overcome partisan obstructionism.”  While we managed to avoid a takeover of the Senate and the presidency by a party that supports USPS privatization, much work remains.  Congress still is yet to get a comprehensive postal reform bill to President Obama’s desk.

While the Senate managed to pass a bipartisan reform bill in April, the House has yet to do so.  As the House returns this week for the lame duck session, comprehensive postal reform remains on its plate. 

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