Labor's Working 'Til Polls Close To Change America, Jim of Two Guys!

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/4583

Labor's Working 'Til Polls Close To Change America

By Doug Cunningham

“People are talking and people are fed up. And people want a change. And you’re gonna see a change.”

That’s Jim, a union campaign volunteer who’s becoming famous on You Tube for the plain speaking “Two Guys” videos.

Labor continues to work feverishly through Election Day until the polls close in a mammoth get out the vote effort to win a working family friendly Congress. The AFL-CIO says today alone it will field 75,000 volunteers, knock on 1.5 million doors, make 5.4 million phone calls and reach another 1.8 million voters at work sites. In key states like Ohio and Pennsylvania the AFL-CIO says it expects 35-40 percent of the overall vote will be union household voters.

The Change To Win federation’s efforts included an election eve barnstorming tough Michigan on behalf of Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm. Change To Win Chair Anna Burger and Teamsters President Jim Hoffa joined activists from their affiliated unions for the Michigan governor’s “Elections Day Express” tour. There are 206,000 members of Change To Win unions in Michigan. They helped deliver over 1 million pieces of mail, 1.3 million phone calls and distributed tens of thousands of fliers in Michigan. Labor is looking for as victory today that will allow progress on a working family agenda.