Change To Win Turns Its Members Out For Obama

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

CONTACT: Greg Denier
Noreen Nielsen
(202) 721-0660

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thousands of Change to win members and volunteers are crossing Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island today in a final push to get out the vote for the American Dream candidate, Barack Obama. With nearly 300,000 members in today's primary states - including 175,000 in Ohio, 25,000 in Rhode Island and 70,000 in Texas - 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."

Since the endorsement, Change to Win unions have been working to reach members in key March 4th primary states to turn out union members to vote for Sen. Obama and help turn the American Dream into a reality. Over the past ten days thousands of members and volunteers have contributed more than 16,000 volunteer hours:

  • Knocking on over 50,000 doors
  • Sending out over half a million pieces of mail to members
  • Making hundreds of thousands of phone calls
  • Conducting member-to-member outreach at worksites throughout the three states

With a comprehensive program focused on education and mobilization, Change to Win has witnessed a steady increase in support for Barack Obama among working people as they receive more information about how he is the candidate with the best vision and plan to restore the American Dream for working families.

"The involvement and enthusiasm from our members on the ground is unprecedented," said Change to Win executive director Greg Tarpinian during an event this morning in Ohio. "Since our endorsement just ten days ago, our members have been pounding the pavement, working the phones and barnstorming worksites to turn out the vote to make Barack Obama the next president of the United States of America."

National and local Change to Win leaders, including Anna Burger, James Hoffa, Joe Hansen, Andy Stern and Bruce Raynor have been campaigning across key March 4th primary states over the past ten days attending rallies, canvasses, phone banks and worksites to help Obama clinch the democratic presidential nomination.

** Note: Media representatives interested in scheduling an interview to discuss Change to Win's grassroots efforts in the March 4 primary elections should contact Noreen Nielsen at Noreen.nielsen@changetowin.org. More information about the American Dream survey series is available on the Change to Win Web site. **

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