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John,
When thinking of the labor movement in 2023, most Americans focus on the ongoing joint strike by Hollywood writers and actors. What they don’t know is that today’s strikes may not be possible without the sacrifices of workers here at home.
Today we agree that no one, in any profession, should be expected to work longer days without a larger paycheck at the end of the week. But that wasn’t always the case.
The labor movement’s match was lit in 1892 when miners in North Idaho went on strike to oppose pay cuts and increased hours. Over the next decade, the ongoing dispute between workers and mine owners resulted in train thefts, bloody shootouts, a bombing, martial law, and stronger unions.
While today’s labor disputes aren’t violent like they were then, they are just as important.
131 years later, workers are still fighting for livable wages, and Republicans like my opponent Mike Simpson are still acting on behalf of corporate interests.
Simpson voted against workers’ interests on 92% of the labor-related bills Congress has addressed in the past two years, according to the AFL-CIO. He even voted against allowing paid sick leave for railroad workers.
As the largest federation of unions in the country, the AFL-CIO is the backbone of organized labor. I am grateful to have earned their support in my last race, and I’m looking forward to earning it again.
John, I am the only candidate in this race running to improve the lives of workers and everyday Idahoans.
I’m running for the farm workers who made today’s dinner possible, the retail workers who stocked the food and sold it to me, and the sanitation workers who will collect the leftovers later this week.
I believe in a future where Labor Day is a celebration of past triumphs and not a reminder of how bad things are in the present. Let’s make that future a reality.
Happy Labor Day,
David Roth |
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