WOW!! AFL-CIO Announces Huge 'FINAL FOUR' GOTV Push

[Coexist]

WASHINGTON, Oct 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An unprecedented "Final Four" GOTV program by the AFL-CIO and its community affiliate Working America will deploy 100,000 union volunteers to reach millions of drop-off union voters in the final four days of the election, the AFL-CIO announced today. The "Final Four" program is the capstone push of the AFL-CIO's drive to change the course of the country by mobilizing more than 13.4 million union voters in 32 states and 515 electoral races at all levels. The AFL-CIO GOTV program is the largest organizational turnout program in the nation, focused on electing candidates who will champion working families' priorities.

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The "Final Four" program of worksite contacts, phone calls and front-stoop visits will kick in Saturday, Nov. 4 and run four days, through Election Day. In the final four days, the AFL- CIO's 100,000 union volunteers will knock on more than 3.5 million doors, make 5 million calls and reach 1.75 million workers at the worksite. The program will reach union voters with a special emphasis on identified "drop-off voters" -- registered union members who voted in 2004 but not 2002.

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In the final four days in Ohio alone, the AFL-CIO and Working America will deploy thousands of volunteers who will knock on 280,000 doors and make over 1 million phone calls, targeting 500,000 drop-off voters.

Over the course of the last year, the AFL-CIO has run an extensive voter identification and microtargeting program focused on educating and turning out union voters in dozens of key congressional districts as well as Senate and gubernatorial races. The AFL-CIO identified 2.6 million drop-off voters in 2006, contacting them as many as 25 times throughout the course of the program. The AFL-CIO has made more than 10 million phone calls and sent more than 11 million pieces of mail urging union voters, including drop-offs, to get to the polls on Nov. 7.

more on the good news...

TAKE THAT, KARL ROVE.

YOU GO!!! I love Unions. Their GOTV effort in Pennsyvania in the past two elections made all the difference for the Democrats. They also made sure I had decent healthcare, dental coverage and standard of living growing up. May they rise again to help the workers of this country.

Rock on!
Big Ed will be discussing this soon.

[gully]

1. Democrats had BETTER start supporting unions with some legislative

muscle when/if we win. Thank YOU AFL-CIO!

[wakeme2008]

2. This could make a major difference in so many races (and NOM

thanks for the update.

[Nite Owl]

3. This is what the corporate media

is not reporting on when they keep saying that the gop has such a great GOTV operation. We have moveon.org doing a huge calling too. Not to jinx anything but this time just might be different, we got a lot of 'feet on the ground' this time round.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. YAAA! FOR THE AFL/CIO K&R

:yourock: FLDem5

[originalpckelly]

5. We one upped them!!!!

:rofl: Little fucking pukes, we out did you! Gotta love the unions! My family has a long history with these heroes and I love every one of them!

[ThomWV]

6. Makes This Democrat Proud To Have Been A Life Long Union Member

For over 40 years ....

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. kick, kick, kick!

:kick:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. kick, take that! lol

:kick:

[Coexist]

14. Big Ed has the Union GOTV on NOW!!! 4:24 p.m. est.

:kick:

[acmejack]

11. You're a regular Kung Fu Fighter...

KnR

[Jeffersons Ghost]

22. you are quite the fighter yourself, there, Mr Jack! it makes my day...

when i see you on my OPs, hang in there buddy

[calimary]

23. Me, too!

And proud of it.

Unions need love, too, having taken such a damned drubbing for so long. Another essential, misunderstood and wrongly framed. One of many.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2918082&mesg_id=2918082

[Lexingtonian]

9. our side's little October Surprise n/t

[bobbolink]

10. Salute to the AFL-CIO!!! Wake up, Dems, and support your unions!

:patriot:

[Coexist]

12. Absolutely!

[bobbolink]

13. EVERY Dem Pol needs to join a union, as did Kucinich, and wear the pin

proudly!

:patriot:

edited to add "pol"...not every "dem" can join a union.. someday I'll learn to type.... :hi:

[Kingofalldems]

15. Note to the AFL-CIO:

Secure your phone lines as best you can. Remember NH. The repubs may try it again.

[greeneyedboy]

16. K&R. labor has been under attack since Reagan (since forever), but we will prevail.

[BigBearJohn]

17. THANKS for posting this!!! You made my day!! I feel revived now.

This is GREAT news!!!

[Coexist]

19. Happy to help!

It made me very happy, too.

[Geek_Girl]

18. I'm not so sure this is a good thing

I know allot of union members who vote republican unfortunately.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

20. KKKKick

[DemoTex]

21. Proud to be a member of ALPA AFL-CIO (Air Line Pilots Association)

[Coexist]

24. morning kick!

[Coexist]

25. great blog from FDL on the Unions

http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/31/labors-hi-techlo-tech-election-campaign/#more-5267

[Moloch]

26. GO AFL-CIO!!!

I just got a letter sent to my workplace from the Right To Work Coalition decrying the AFL-CIO and urging me to vote for george allen. I called them and told them to take us off their mailing list.

Hopefully the AFL-CIOs GOTV effort will be MASSIVE!