This is a Joke, Right?

Local 1672 member Ed Braun said he would win it.

When your steward or committeeperson invites you to buy a few V-CAP (Voluntary-Community Action Program) tickets and tells you the raffle prize is a new car, what do you say?

Probably, “I won’t hold my breath.”

But that’s not what Ed Braun, of Local 1672 in Des Moines, Iowa, said. Braun proudly announced to his coworkers at Emco Corp. that he would be the one driving home the brand new Ford Taurus.

When Local 1672 President Dave Allen actually called him to say he had, in fact, won the car from the V-CAP raffle, Braun replied, “This is a joke, right?”

No joke, Ed. You won. Congratulations.

And congratulations to every UAW member who contributes to V-CAP. We all win when our voluntary political action dollars help elect candidates who stand on the side of working families.

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