FACTS
from CHANGE TO WIN
CHANGE TO WIN: MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE HOOSIER STATE
Change to Win members are waging an aggressive effort to help Barack
Obama make a strong showing in the Hoosier State. With nearly 30,000
members in Indiana, Change to Win unions have put in place an extensive
campaign to turn out members and working family voters for Obama and to
help restore the American Dream for America's workers.
In Indiana:
-- More than 1,500 Change to Win members and volunteers working to
contact voters door-to-door or over the phone
-- More than 60,000 doors knocked and hundreds of thousands of direct
mail pieces sent to Democratic households throughout the state
-- Hundreds of Change to Win members and volunteers conducting
aggressive labor-to-labor canvass programs in Northwest Indiana, South
Bend and Indianapolis
-- Recruiting hundreds of volunteers and helping manage key
get-out-the-vote staging locations, including Northwest Indiana and
Indianapolis
-- UFCW, UNITE HERE, SEIU and Teamsters members conducting
member-to-member education and mobilization efforts at worksites
throughout the state
-- Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa campaigned in Gary, Fort
Wayne and Indianapolis speaking to members about jobs, the economy, the
nation's failed trade policies, and to turn out the vote for Obama