Union labors door-to-door to get out vote

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15483660.htm

Union labors door-to-door to get out vote
More than 150 members of the South Florida AFL-CIO knocked on doors throughout Miami-Dade in an effort to turn out union members for the Nov. 7 election.
BY DANI MCCLAIN
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Jose Vazquez of Little Havana is the type of voter the South Florida AFL-CIO had hoped to find during their get-out-the-vote effort on Saturday.

A longtime Miami-Dade County School Board employee, Vazquez worries about the rising cost of homeowners insurance.

He voted to reelect President Bush in 2004, but 52-year-old Vazquez maintains that he is devoted to no political party.

''I go with whichever I think is the best candidate,'' he said.

Vazquez and other union workers -- both active and retired -- were on the list of voters sought by more than 150 members of the South Florida AFL-CIO, part of a statewide campaign to garner support for Democrat U.S. Rep. Jim Davis in his race against GOP Attorney General Charlie Crist to become the state's next governor.

The AFL-CIO is embarking on the same get-out-the-vote effort nationwide, targeting 21 governor's races, 15 Senate races and 50 House races before this November's midterm elections.

FULL story at link above.

[Bluzmann57]

1. Yeah. I helped out in '04

There were UAW and others from Chicago as well as around here and I said yeah, I'll help out. After all, it is we who have to try and keep the Unions alive. We certainly can't depend on anyone else to do it. And if we can get the correct type of people elected, it'll help.

[Nite Owl]

2. We did it here

yesterday too (Capital District, NY). Good turnout. Another is planned for October.