Act Now to Ask Obama About What’s on Your Mind
Here’s an opportunity for working Americans to ask President Obama a question. After the State of the Union address tomorrow, the president is conducting a special YouTube interview at the White House, in which he will answer questions.
If you have a question you want to ask the president, go to youtube.com/askobama to submit your question now. Or you can watch the speech on Tuesday night with your webcam or video camera nearby so that you can record and submit your question as soon as it strikes you.
This year, you’ll also be able to ask your question via Twitter: just include the hashtag #askobama in your tweet. And be sure to have your say in what should be asked by voting on questions submitted by others, too.
You can view last year’s interview here and get tips for submitting questions here.
The final deadline for questions is Wednesday, Jan. 26, at midnight ET.
For more information, click here.
Social Media: New Tools Aid in Organizing
They’re tweeting in Northern California about the Employee Free Choice Act, sharing about health care reform on Facebook in Montana and posting organizing messages on My Space for workers in York, Pa.
Across the country, union members are using the new social media to mobilize workers and share information.
Steve Selby, an Electrical Workers (IBEW) organizer in York, Pa., knows the value of social media. He urgently needed to reach 300 workers at a local Comcast office. Rather than standing outside the office and handing out a flier with different information each day, Selby taught himself how to set up a MySpace account. He handed out one flier directing workers to his MySpace page, where he shared information the workers needed to know.
