... here's a good rundown of all the support that workers in Change to Win unions are giving Senator Barack Obama in today's primary states:
Thousands of Change to Win activists -- many who are getting involved for the first time -- have committed their time and energy to getting out the vote for Sen. Barack Obama. With nearly 300,000 members in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island, Change to Win has sent out more than half a million pieces of mail, members and volunteers have made hundreds of thousands of phone calls, knocked on tens of thousands of doors, and conducted member-to-member outreach at worksites across the three states.
In Ohio alone, Change to Win volunteers have contributed over 14,000 hours in an effort to mobilize the 175,000 members through an aggressive canvass program in every major city – from Toledo and Cincinnati to Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland and Youngstown – knocking on more than 50,000 doors. Change to Win is also running similar grassroots programs to educate and mobilize the 70,000 Change to Win members in Texas and 25,000 members in Rhode Island.
In addition to Change to Win’s aggressive efforts on the ground, Change to Win affiliates including the United Food and Commercials Workers (UFCW) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have been on the air in Ohio with television ads promoting Obama’s message of change.
UPDATE (3:55PM): Some more details about the outreach effort:
Change to Win has launched one of the most aggressive grassroots efforts in a primary election educating and mobilizing hundreds of thousands of workers and their families, and helping close the gap between Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
"This election is about restoring the American Dream for America's workers," said Change to Win chair Anna Burger. "Barack Obama has not only instilled a new enthusiasm into the political process, he has set forth a vision of hope rather than despair and made the chance of achieving the American Dream a reality for working families. He has brought millions of new people in to the process and made us believe that by acting together we can make a difference."
Here's a picture from a rally in Houston that brought together workers from across CtW to support Obama:
Here's a great video of CtW workers in Ohio canvassing and rallying for Obama:
And here's a terrific ad that UFCW has been running:
Can we? Yes we can!
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Comments (3)
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they announced earlier on cnn that the exit polls showed that teamsters didn't vote for obama in ohio. Again, you should have given your members a voice before your endorsment. remember the members are the union.
Posted by rgwynn on March 5, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Posted on March 5, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Following up on rgwynn's comment above:
I was really excited when Change to Win was organized. I thought we might finally see a “Change” in how organized labor conducted business. Frankly, I’m still waiting for the change. It’s still the ‘same-o’ ‘same-o’ boss unionism making back door deals with the Democratics who do nothing but give labor inspiring words to eat.
Posted by Tom Verso on March 6, 2008 at 6:52 AM
Posted on March 6, 2008 at 6:52 AM
As a Canadian SEIU member I still think you need a real independent labour party down there south of the Lakes. That's why I'm a member of the NDP here, and that's why I will take CTW seriously only if you reverse this ridiculous abdication from independence and endorse Cynthia McKinney for president.
Posted by B. Ross Ashley on March 12, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Posted on March 12, 2008 at 3:07 PM