UFCW to Train Hundreds of Members in Battleground States

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SOURCE: PR Newswire

UFCW to Train Hundreds of Members in Battleground States

UFCW To Train 500 Members From Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky For
Massive Mobilization Effort At Political Conference In Dayton, Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Food and Commercial
Workers International Union (UFCW), one of the largest unions in the
country, will hold a regional membership mobilization political conference
on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio to train 500 members in key
battleground states -- Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky -- for a
massive mobilization effort from now to Election Day. This conference will
bring together hundreds of volunteers that will play a critical role in
addressing the tough issues facing working families and turning out the
critical working middle-class vote for Barack Obama in November. Speakers
at the opening session of the political conference will include former
Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus, UFCW national political campaign director
Steven Powell, and UFCW International vice-president and director of Region
4 Larry Plumb.

UFCW REGIONAL POLITICAL CONFERENCE

DATE: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

TIME: 10:00 a.m. ET

LOCATION: Dayton Convention Center 22 E. Fifth Street

Dayton, Ohio.

PARTICIPANTS: Ray Mabus, Former Gov., D-Miss.

Steven Powell, Natl. Political Campaign Dir., UFCW

Larry Plumb, International vice-pres. and Region 4 Dir., UFCW

About Change to Win

Change to Win is a partnership of seven unions and six million members
founded in 2005 to organize workers of the new American economy. Change to
Win is committed to restoring the American Dream so that all workers have a
paycheck that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure and
dignified retirement, and the opportunity for the next generation to be
better off. The seven affiliated unions are: Service Employees
International Union, UNITE HERE, United Food and Commercial Workers
International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers'
International Union of North America, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America and United Farm Workers of America.