At Worksites and Doors, Union Members Get Out the Message (Obama)

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/07/22/at-worksites-and-doors-union-members-get-out-the-message/

by Seth Michaels, Jul 22, 2008

In key states around the country, the union vote will make the difference this fall. As part of the Labor 2008 program, the largest union voter mobilization in history, union volunteers are working hard to educate other members about why they support Sen. Barack Obama and intend to elect a pro-working family Congress this fall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr-qFGwQftg

Worksite leafleting is just one of the ways Colorado union members communicate with fellow members about Obama’s record of supporting working families, says Phil Hayes, Labor 2008 state director. Last week, SMWIA Local 9 President Scott Jorgensen and NATCA staffer Chris McKeever spent hours at Denver construction sites talking to IBEW, SMWIA and UA members, Hayes reports.

Jorgensen, who leaflets at least one worksite every week, says talking to members at their job sites is a critical part of member-to-member communication.

It’s really easy to delete an e-mail, or delete your voice mail, but to actually have somebody come and talk to you—I think they appreciate that a little more that we’re actually doing this.

Tina Desautels, an APWU member in Colorado, sums up why union members are enthusiastically volunteering to help elect Obama.

I support Barack Obama because I believe he has our best interests at heart. We need heath care, we need jobs, and I think he’s the guy who’s going to do it for us.


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