AFL-CIO Is In The Midst Of Its Largest Voter Turnout Effort Ever

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/9695

By Doug Cunningham

The AFL-CIO is in the midst of its largest voter turnout effort ever – 250,000 volunteers working in 20 battleground states to turn out 13 million union votes for Obama. The AFL-CIO effort has targeted veterans, gun owners and retirees in key states. The labor effort to turn out the vote is also focusing on sixty U.S. House and twelve Senate races. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney says this is the largest get out the vote effort in the nation aimed at creating a political sea change for working people.