by Jill Zuckman
The AFL-CIO is not going to let the lack of a Democratic nominee stand in the way of jumping into general election mode. On Wednesday, the labor organization will announce the launch of a campaign to make sure workers know where the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain, stands on trade, jobs, health care and Social Security.
Political director Karen Ackerman will brief reporters today at noon on McCain’s “anti-worker record and his ties to the failed economic policies of President Bush,” according to an advisory from the AFL-CIO.
The campaign will include a new website called “McCain Revealed,” to explain the senator’s economic record and positions. It will also target union households with leafleting, door knocking, direct mail and union meetings as part of a massive grassroots political effort this year.