CWAers Work to Get Out the Vote for Election Day

CWA members joined a packed crowd in Norfolk as President Obama urged Virginians to elect Creigh Deeds governor on Nov. 3.

CWA members in Virginia and New Jersey are making thousands of phone calls, knocking on thousands of doors and handing out flyers supporting pro-worker candidates in Virginia and New Jersey.

CWA members were on hand as President Obama rallied Virginia voters in Norfolk, urging them to vote for Democrat Creigh Deeds. Obama heads to New Jersey this week for a rally in Newark with incumbent Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine.

In New Jersey, nearly 350 CWA members have visited union households the past two weekends and another 400 are heading out for labor walks this weekend. On Election Day, 1,000 members are signed up for Get-Out-the-Vote walks, said Hetty Rosenstein, CWA state director for New Jersey.

CWA President Larry Cohen will kick off this weekend's labor walk in northern Virginia. The event begins at 9 a.m. at the Northern Virginia Area Labor Federation office in Annandale at 4536 “B” John Marr Drive. Meanwhile, CWA member and staff volunteers have been calling every CWA family in Virginia this week.