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AFL-CIO political writer Shant Mesrobian has been working in Kentucky with union members to help get out the vote for the state’s critical gubernatorial elections. Steve Beshear (D) is challenging Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R), who has canceled bargaining rights for state employees, privatized Kentucky’s Medicaid program and taken other anti-worker stands.
It’s Election Day, and we’re heading to the ballot box with a 20-point lead for working families’ candidate Steve Beshear. In large part because of union members’ massive mobilization efforts, Beshear is set to oust anti-worker, anti-union Gov. Ernie Fletcher whose policies have failed the state and working families.
Across Kentucky today, 106 phone lines are buzzing with union members making tens of thousands of get-out-the-vote (GOTV) phone calls in Louisville, Bowling Green, Owensboro, Paducah, Pikeville, Lexington, Ashland and Cincinnati until 5:30 p.m. today.
More than two dozen unions are participating in today’s Election Day phone bank (in the video at left, two of the phone bankers, Terry Lynch with the Asbestos Workers and Merrill J. O’Donnell with the Cement Masons union, describe why they volunteer to get out the vote).
Union members, retirees, householders and Working America members make up approximately 350,000 voters in Kentucky. One in every four votes cast today will be from a union household.
Last night, more than 400 union members, retirees, families and members of the AFL-CIO community affiliate Working America turned out for the final get-out-the-vote “It’s Our Time—Walk to Victory” rally at the UAW Local 862 Hall in Louisville. U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth joined the rally, along with union leaders from Washington, D.C.
Following the rally, Steve Beshear made the UAW Hall and the Labor 2007 event his last campaign stop of the election. Greeting a room packed with union members and his families, Beshear said:
I’ve never in my career seen a political ground game like the one the labor movement did for me this year. I’ll never forget the walking, talking, mail and leafleting you did for me.
Unions participating included: AFGE, AFSCME, AFT, ATU, Carpenters and Millwrights, CWA, GLCLC, IAM, IBEW, IRON, IUOE, IUPAT, JCTA, KEA, KNA, OPEIU, OPCM, LIUNA, NPO, SEIU, UA, UAN, UAW, UFCW, USW, and Working America.
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka traveled from Washington, D.C., for the rally. They joined AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department Secretary-Treasurer Sean McGarvey, USW Secretary-Treasurer James English, AFGE Secretary-Treasurer Jeffrey David Cox, AFGE Vice President Arnold Scott, UAW Region 3 Department Director Larry Moffatt, Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan, USW District 8 Director Billy Thompson and Kentucky State Building Trades Director Larry Roberts.
It’s our time!
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Paid for by AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Treasury Fund.
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Excellent Show, Great Dedication, Persistance–all Pay Big Long- term Dividends. I’m ALPA, Past Finance Comm Chair, PAA Council #10 JFK, NYNY. 4th Genertion Ky Colonel from Ky Gov.John Y Brown ‘82, back to Gov Ruby LaFoon ‘34. AS a
Creative Organizer of 3900 ALPA Pilots of Pan American Airways
I helped establish a 10 Team Tele-Com Contact Chart that each of the Ten Team Leaders were given Ten Names & Numbers of
Pilots ( total 110 Pilots) First Call// Those 100 Pilots were given
Names and Numbers of TEN Pilots as Second Level Contact Call
(Total Then 1110 Pilots)// Third Level Contact 1000 Pilots were Given 4 Names and Numbers Plus One Name on List that was The
Original 110 (Names and Numbers of First Call) When The 110
Got a Call from List of Third Level Callers– Confirmation Given that all 4000 Pilots were Individually Contaced eith ALPA Message.
After the third TEST Run of the Contact System a Level of 98% Contact Success was Achieved– in less than 2 Days. Hope this helps Your Locals implement a Strong Confirmation of Saaociation among their Membership. The Master (Christmas-Tree Chart) shown each Member and Number and what Level of Contact Each member is assigned- with both Home tel and Cell
Unit as a Alternate number. As Finance Comm Chair My Master list had First Name of Wife, ID Number, Base location, Job Category, Date of Employment, Monthly Bid-Line assignment,
Vacation Assignment, Birthdate, Other Special Guties. Valid Tlephone Polls were taken and Votes on Contract Acceptance were usually 95% confirmed in 24 hours.
Keep up the Outstanding Work– Be Proud of Who you are and the
Job that you Accomplish each and every Day– Capt Thomas G.
ALPA since 1967 #31645.