Bringing Change to Georgia

Jim Martin phone banks at the IBEW Union Hall

Georgia AFL-CIO President Richard Ray says: "Working people know the time for change is now"

Today union volunteers from throughout Georgia will tour worksites in Atlanta, urging union voters to vote for Jim Martin on December 2nd.  Martin is the only candidate running for Georgia's senate seat who has a proven track record of working for working families.

The series of worksite leaflets are part of an unprecedented union voter mobilization effort in Georgia. Thousands of AFL-CIO volunteers will knock on doors, make phone calls, and distribute worksite flyers to turn out Georgia's 325,000 union voters for the runoff election between Martin and his anti-working family opponent, Saxby Chambliss.

Jim Martin with a union phone banker

Chambliss opposed an economic recovery and job creation package that would have provided $56 billion in aid to working families. Chambliss also voted against raising the minimum wage, against health care for children, and against health care for returning troops.  

"Jim Martin has been fighting for working families all his life – first as a soldier in Vietnam, then as a state legislator in Atlanta. On every issue that counts – from health care to fair trade – he has stood by the interests of the people of this great state, not those of the corporate elite," said Georgia AFL-CIO President Richard Ray. "Working people know the time for change is now, and they're ready to turn around Georgia and turn around America by electing Jim Martin."