Georgia Working Families Revved Up for Senate Runoff

This is a cross-post from the Georgia AFL-CIO. 

Attempting to capture the excitement of union members leading up to the runoff election in Georgia, Jimmy Hyde, Georgia AFL-CIO state director, spoke about the enthusiasm he sees on a daily basis while working on the campaign. Hyde describes what he sees as opportunities the labor movement has to enact real change.

The labor movement is coming together in a way I never saw before. I have a long history of working on political campaigns in Georgia, but never saw the kind of enthusiasm that our members now have about doing our program….Union members are excited about sending out local union mail, phone banking and handing out worksite leaflets, and that is why we are going to win on December 2nd.

Explains Hyde:

We have over 300,000 union voters here in Georgia and we have to make multiple contacts with each member between now and the election. And that’s how we are going to be a part of history here in Georgia….We are going to be that 60th senator in the U.S. Senate. Jim Martin is going to occupy that seat and we are going to help Barack Obama change this country.

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