Media Advisory for Tuesday, Sept. 11
Contact: Alison Omens, Rachele Huennekens, 202-637-5018 Bill Londrigan, 502-682-1497
Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Beshear joins AFL-CIO Union Members in Rally for Health Care for All, Good Jobs and Clean Government Rally will highlight union members’ dedication to getting-out-the-vote for November election On Tuesday, September 11, Gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear will join Kentucky State AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan and area union members and families in pledging to fight for health care for all, retirement security, and the freedom of working people to form and join unions to bargain for a better life.
Rally participants will include trade unionists attending the Annual Labor-Management Conference at Kentucky Dam Village and union members from the Calvert City industrial complex. The Kentucky State AFL-CIO’s political program will mobilize union members and families in Kentucky for the 2007 and 2008 elections.
The AFL-CIO member-to-member outreach, unique in its approach, connects members with information on issues like health care, jobs, retirement security, trade policy, and workers’ freedom to join and form unions. Over the next few months, thousands of Kentucky volunteer union members will make phone calls and knock on doors across the state, distributing hundreds of thousands of leaflets at worksites and in neighborhoods.
“Today marks a new day for Kentucky union members and for the issues we care about – good jobs, health care and an honest government,” said Kentucky State AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan. “We are talking to our families, friends and neighbors about what needs to be done to get Kentucky and America heading in the right direction for working families and we are gratified to have the support of Steve Beshear and Dan Mongiardo in this effort.”
WHO: Kentucky State AFL-CIO Pres. Bill Londrigan, former Lt. Gov. Steve Beshear, other union endorsed candidates, union members and their families
WHAT: Rally to pledge to fight for health care, good jobs and retirement security
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 11th at 4 p.m. cst
WHERE: Machinist District Lodge 154, 4658 Highway 62, Calvert City, KY ###
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