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"Gov. Palin was quick to note her husband's membership in the United
Steelworkers," said John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO. "Ironically, she
has joined the ticket of a staunch opponent of restoring the freedom of
other working men and women to form unions and bargain for a better life."

McCain has argued that some unions misuse their members' dues, and that
teacher's unions have been an impediment to public education. "Sen. Obama
wants our schools to answer to unions and entrenched bureaucrats," McCain
said during his acceptance speech in St. Paul last week. "I want schools to
answer to parents and students. And when I'm president, they will."

The McCain campaign did not respond to requests to clarify McCain's stance
on organized labor or to respond to the AFL-CIO's criticism. But they should
not count on the support of the labor union the candidates tout at their
campaign rallies - the union that that Todd Palin belongs to, the United
Steelworkers, is opposing the McCain-Palin ticket.