In Kentucky, Early Birds Plan to Get the Worms Out of Office

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/08/30/in-kentucky-early-birds-plan-to-get-the-worms-out-of-office/

by Mike Hall, Aug 30, 2007

Bernard Pollack, AFL-CIO field coordinator, sends us this report on the campaign to elect a working family-friendly governor in Kentucky. Kentucky union volunteer activists are learning the nuts and bolts of political mobilization to turn out the working family vote for Steve Beshear for governor on Nov. 6.

The sun wasn’t near being up at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, but more than 50 local union coordinator trainees were. Packed on a bus and armed with fliers outlining Steve Beshear’s stance on economic issues, they were on their way to leaflet Louisville’s Rubbertown industrial park, where 5,500 union members are employed at several locations. Their goal at the shift change action: get the information into the hands of as many of those union members as possible.



United Steelworkers (USW) member Mike Donta, Labor 2007 Zone 4 coordinator, says:

I’m just amazed at the turnout, everyone woke up and were really energized.

The 50 early morning risers are all local union coordinators and the pre-dawn action was part of their three-day intensive training session conducted by the AFL-CIO. These rank-and-file activists joined us from every part of the state and represent a great diversity of unions, including AFGE, Communications Workers of America, Electrical Workers, Iron Workers, IUE-CWA, Operating Engineers, Plumbers and Pipe Fitters, UAW, USW and more.

On Monday, the local union activists got an overview of the Labor 2007 program and a broad sense of the political landscape and the current economic condition. The next day they learned about worksite mobilization techniques and tools, tips on talking to union members about politics and guidelines on recruiting volunteers.

FULL story at link.

[JohnnyLib2]

1. Flush the Fletch!

Thanks for the post. :thumbsup: