How you vote is your decision. After the GCIU researched the candidates' records, the General Board endorsed John Kerry as the best choice for president. Whoever you choose, stand up and be counted on Election Day, Nov. 2, 2004.

George W. Bush Health Care – His policies have left 40 million Americans without health insurance. –He supported a prescription drug benefit that forces seniors into HMOs, with dubious coverage. Jobs and the economy – 3.2 million jobs lost. – The highest unemployment rates in nine years. His administration endorses shipping American jobs overseas through tax and other incentives to corporations. Overtime pay – The Bush administration is trying to rewrite the overtime laws to cut millions of American workers out of overtime pay. Education – Bush failed to provide funds to implement the "No Child Left Behind" law. – The administration supports vouchers that threaten public schools and favors a plan that will dismantle Head Start.

John Kerry Health Care – Supported the Patients Bill of Rights that puts doctors and patients in charge–not HMOs. – Supports a universal Medicare prescription drug benefit. – Voted to set aside $158 billion of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy to fund a Medicare prescription drug benefit. Jobs and the economy –Opposes tax incentives that encourage "outsourcing" American jobs overseas. –Voted to extend unemployment benefits for long-term jobless–in contrast to the administration's refusal to support an extension. –Continually supported workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively. Overtime pay –Led the opposition to Bush's attempt to gut federal overtime laws. Education –Opposes the Bush voucher plan to undermine public schools. –Has supported local school district efforts to recruit and hire needed teachers. – Supported a plan to earmark $1.6 billion to help states and local school districts repair and modernize pubic schools.