"We are at the tail end of the Labor 2008 program, in the midst of GOTV and looking at the election, said AFT President Randi Weingarten at yesterday's labor walk in Pittsburgh. "If we win on Tuesday it is going to be because of the Labor 2008 program."
"It will be because of the member-to-member contact we've been making. It will be because of labor walks like the one we participated in today. The worksite leafleting, the local union mailings, and the phone banks will be the difference in this election and in creating the change in direction for America we so badly need."
"We talk about the importance of member-to-member contact and that is what we've been trying to do as we travel on this tour," said AFT Secretary Treasurer Toni Cortese. "We want to make sure we are all united and that every one is working hard across America to make sure Obama is elected. And we know it takes work site leafleting, we know it takes labor walks, phone banking and local union mail."
"Union members know their local union the best. As a national union we are very well aware that what our local leaders do and say is going to hold a lot more weight with their union members. Union members trust them and know them and know that their local leaders look out for them in many ways."
“The Labor 2008 program is about union members talking to other union members,” continued President Weingarten. “And when we do that we cut through all the fear and the nonsense that is out there. We get down to the real issues and can vote together as working families and union members for the candidate, Barack Obama, who stands for us and with us."
AFT President Randi Weingarten:
AFT Secretary Treasurer Antonia Cortese:
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