* In 2003, the Apollo Alliance’s Ten Point Plan received the endorsements of numerous major labor unions, including: the AFL-CIO, the Amalgamated Transit Union, the AFSCME, the International Association of Machinists, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the International Union of Electrical Workers, the Paper and Allied Chemical Employees, the Service Employees International Union, the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, the Transportation Workers Union, the United Automobile and Aerospace Workers, the United Mine Workers of America, the Union of Needletrades Industrial and Textile Employees(UNITE!), and the United Steel Workers of America.