Teamsters Mobilize in Pennsylvania for April 22 State Primary
Hundreds of IBT Staff, Volunteers Working To Turn Out Teamster Vote PHILADELPHIA, April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of Teamsters are mobilizing in Pennsylvania for get-out-the-vote efforts across the state in advance of next week's primary. The 1.4 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president.
Staff and volunteers are reaching out to Pennsylvania's 83,000 Teamsters at job sites, at home, by phone, e-mail and mail, urging them to vote next Tuesday. Jobs, the economy and the nation's failed trade policies are the top concerns for Pennsylvania Teamsters, and staff and volunteers are talking with them about Obama's positions on these and other issues affecting working families. Teamster members are available for media interviews, and reporters are invited to cover voter mobilization efforts across the state.
WHO: International Brotherhood of Teamsters WHAT: Member voter mobilization efforts in Pennsylvania WHEN: Leading up to Pennsylvania's April 22 primary WHERE: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, elsewhere in state VISUALS: Teamsters visiting job sites, knocking on doors, phone banking CONTACT: Philadelphia: Leigh Strope, 202-497-7766, lstrope@teamster.org PRNewswire -- April 19
Web site: http://www.teamster.org/
2008-04-19 08:07:03 0339960 PRNEWSWIRE
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