Labor & Employment Law

Door to Door in Denver to Get Out the Vote

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Kate Rosenbarger, communications field coordinator for Colorado, sent us this report.

There are many doors to knock on and many union members to talk with?and Colorado workers know there is no time to waste to get out the vote for the November elections.

Many people see Sundays as the time to relax?but not the more than 75 Labor 2010 volunteers who turned out in Denver this past Sunday. They were joined by several national union leaders who traveled to Denver to take part: AFGE National Vice President Gerry Swanke, NALC Vice President-elect Tim O?Malley and NALC National Executive Board Member Roger Bledsoe.

In an election where every vote matters, every day gives members a chance to talk with other members about issues important to working families. With fewer than six weeks until Election Day and ballots dropping in Colorado on Oct. 12, union members took time on a beautiful Colorado day to deliver a crucial message to their fellow union members.

Dena McClung, a NATCA member, was among them.

Seeing so many union members out walking?especially on a Sunday?really proves a point. Working families are ready to move forward. And we?re not going to sit around and wait for it to happen. We are going to make it happen, one day at a time, one door at a time, and one conversation at a time.

Members of AFGE, APWU, NALC, NATCA, and NPMHU hit the streets to take some time to talk to their fellow members about what really matters?getting our endorsed candidates like Sen. Michael Bennet, Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Rep. Betsy Markey, Rep. John Salazar and Gov. John Hickenlooper into office so they can fight for working families.

Rep. Perlmutter joined the crowd at the NALC Branch 47?s hall to rally with the volunteers before heading to the doors. Perlmutter knows the difference it makes when union members talk with union members about issues that matter.

Walking on a Sunday gives Letter Carriers a chance to get out into communities in a different way. In each neighborhood, a letter carrier shows up rain or shine to deliver mail. But this Sunday, they walked for a different reason. They walked to talk about Perlmutter, Bennet and the other candidates who support workers and their families.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on September 22, 2010 (boomark / email).