10,000 Strong: Unprecedented Number of USW Activists Volunteering for Obama-Biden

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Last update: 12:37 p.m. EDT Oct. 27, 2008

PITTSBURGH, Oct 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In final days, union members working for change in key states

As the final week of the campaign begins, the United Steelworkers (USW) is proud to announce that it has enlisted more than 10,000 volunteer activists from among the union's ranks to help elect Barack Obama as the next president of the United States.

The largest industrial union in North America reached the milestone this past weekend, and it was announced by International President Leo W. Gerard during a stop on the Steel Blitz for Barack bus tour, one of many Steelworkers' pro-Obama efforts across the country.

Other efforts of the 850,000-member union include member-to-member phone banking, neighborhood block walking, leafleting, rallies and voter protection.

The four-week bus tour, which includes Steelers owner Dan Rooney and retired Pittsburgh Steelers greats along with USW leaders, has been traveling to battleground areas in Pennsylvania and Ohio to drum up support for Obama and to encourage activism. The tour concludes with its largest rally to date, Saturday, Nov. 1 in Pittsburgh.

"In Pennsylvania, Ohio and across the nation, Steelworkers are knocking on doors, calling fellow union members, leafleting at their plant gates and talking to their co-workers, friends and families about why we need Barack Obama in the White House," Gerard said. "We're proud to announce that as of this weekend, 10,000 Steelworkers have signed up to do something between now and Election Day."

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