A message from Local 8 President Jeff Smith:

Brothers and Sisters,

Please share this video as widely as possible with fellow Longshore workers in all Oregon ILWU locals. We need our members to hear the truth before they make a decision in the U.S. Senate race!

 Sen. Gordon Smith used our name in a debate, which falsely gave people that he had our support. NOT TRUE! Smith does not support the Employee Free Choice Act and other important needs of working families. See what these Local 8 workers have to say about Smith, and their REAL endorsed candidate -- Speaker Jeff Merkley.

 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8571473446800477681&hl=en

Jeff Merkley has been a great friend of working families. Thanks to him, longshore workers will be qualify for unemployment insurance benefits if our employer locks us out again like they did in 2002. Plus, Jeff Merkley is right on all the issues -- health care, fair taxes for working families, ending the war in Iraq, and protecting Americans' union rights.

Remember to share this video with fellow longshore workers, so they have accurate information before they vote.

Whichever candidates you choose, please be sure to have your friends and families vote. You can find voting information at www.oregonvotes.org, or talk to your local union officers.

In solidarity,

Jeff Smith

President, ILWU Local 8

http://www.ilwu.org