The Committee on Political Education or COPE works to inform and educate the members of Local 22 about the issues that directly affect their working lives.
Local Issues
- State Legislative decisions
- City Council decisions
- School Board decisions
At the Federal Level
- Davis/Bacon
- Minimum Wage laws (local and federal)
- National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Employee Retirement INcome SEcurity Act (ERISA)
- Public Service Employment Act (PSEA)
- Social Security reform
- Pension Law reform
- Tax reform
Other COPE Committee activities:
- Attending political functions
- Candidate fundraisers
- County Central Committee meetings
- State caucuses
- County Conventions
- State Conventions
- Voter Registration and Turnout
- Informational mailings
- Fundraising
- Candidate review and endorsements
- Poll Duty
- Campaign Signs
