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Labor walks, talks in Michigan on Sept. 2

Date Posted: August 20 2004

The importance of Michigan’s union members as a voting bloc cannot be underestimated.

In the 2000 presidential campaign, some 43 percent of all Michigan voters came from union households, with 65 percent voting for Al Gore, according to the Labor Research Association.

With Michigan a key battleground state in the Nov. 2 general election for president, labor leaders are making even more of a concerted effort to get out the union vote.

In July and August, there were Labor Walks and member mobilizations. The next big push will take place on Thursday, Sept. 2, the night President Bush accepts the Republican nomination for president. That day, from 4-8 p.m., rank-and-file volunteers from organized labor will be fanning out across the state, going door-to-door contrasting the pro-worker Kerry record vs. the pro-Big Business Bush Administration.

Staging areas for the Michigan effort are listed below. If you are interested in volunteering, contact the AFL-CIO’s Bob Lathrop at (517) 487-5966 or Brenda Moon at (313) 961-0800, or Derek Pennington at IBEW Local 58, (313) 963-2130 ext. 3046

Thursday, September 2nd starting between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Ann Arbor, LIUNA 959, 3080 Platt Rd.

Flint, CWA 4103, 1214 Saginaw St.

Grand Rapids, Kent/Ionia CLC, 918 Benjamin Ave., NE

Kalamazoo, Teamsters 7, 3330 Miller Rd.

Lansing, MI AFL-CIO Building, 419 S. Washington Sq.

Muskegon, CIO Building, 490 W. Western Ave.

Port Huron, Bluewater LaborTemple, 2441 W. Water St

Saginaw, CWA 4108, 1614 Mershon St.

Detroit Metro area, Detroit, AFSCME Council 25, 600 W. Lafayette

IUOE 547, 24270 W. 7 Mile Rd. (7 Mile & Telegraph)

Madison Heights, UFCW 876, 876 Horace Brown Dr.

Southfield, Sheet Metal Workers 80, 17100 W. 12 Mile Rd.