180 Working America Canvassers Set to Contact Members in Nine States

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/05/29/180-working-america-canvassers-set-to-contact-members-in-nine-states/

180 Working America Canvassers Set to Contact Members in Nine States

by Mike Hall, May 29, 2007



It’s going to be a busy summer for some 180 Working America canvassers. They will be knocking on tens of thousands of doors in Oregon, Ohio, Minnesota, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to give working people a chance to make their voices heard on important national issues—especially health care—and to give working families a chance to swim against the tide of downward mobility that’s sweeping away too many hard-working Americans.

Working America—the AFL-CIO’s community and grassroots affiliate for people who do not belong to a union—provides members with a powerful new way to make themselves heard on the issues most central to their lives. Says Working America Director Karen Nussbaum:

Our members are the working people whose interests and needs have long been ignored by those who craft the economic policy of our country. As the rich have gotten richer, many of these Americans have been left behind—without health insurance, pensions or wages that can support a family. Joining Working America gives them an opportunity to make a real difference in the policies that shape their lives.

As part of Working America’s member-driven program, working families determine the organization’s top priorities by voting online or through regular mail. The key issue this year: health care.

FULL story at link.