Daily Reason to Volunteer and Vote for Union Endorsed Candidates
October 28- Because you are part of something big!:
Union families are getting out the vote. For the next six days, IBEW members are joining with a quarter-of-a-million other union volunteers in the U.S. to win the Presidency, increase pro-worker majorities in the House and Senate, and make a difference in important state and local races.
IBEW 569 members have reached out to one another and our communities. Despite high gas prices and low employment, many of you have made it a priority to come and volunteer. The next six days is where we see how effective we have been. This is our Get Out The Vote (GOTV) effort. This is the last push to get all those people we talked to at their homes, on the job, and on the phone, out to vote.
IBEW 569 members have stood with our union sisters and brothers and played a deciding role in the most competitive elections in our jurisdiction in the past eight years. Across the country, IBEW members have worked with candidates and through the Building Trades and Central Labor Councils and have successfully reached millions of voters and educated them on where the candidates stood on issues like healthcare and good middle-class jobs. Now, we must make sure all those people cast a ballot for union endorsed candidates. You may not be getting as much attention and recognition for your efforts here in California as volunteers are in swing states but union members efforts in our targeted races here are just as important and valuable. Afterall, having just one more phone conversation or knocking on just one more door, might well be the key to victory on November 4th.
Jennifer. I had to rally my own groups here at my job since time didnt permit many other forms of volunteering. There are many immigrants at my job who recently gained citizenship status since the last election. When i polled them, only 1 was planning to vote. After my many tireless rants during their lunch hours, they all decided that the right to vote was one of the things that they became citizens for and will cast a vote today ! Hopefully, i helped to fill in some blanks as to the issues at stake this election. But mainly, i encouraged them to do their homework and look at the issues from at least 2 perspectives and then decide which one they believe in their heart.
I’m looking forward to debriefing my new converts in the coming weeks !
Thanks for the motivation …..