AFGE Members & Leadership Get Out the Vote in North Carolina and Virginia

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) ^ | October 20, 2014 | The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

[mdittmar]

This weekend, AFGE National President J. David Cox, Sr. and National Secretary Treasurer Eugene Hudson Jr. joined dozens of AFGE members to pound the pavement and get out the vote for this November’s elections.

President Cox joined members in Charlotte, NC to hold a Labor walk and phone bank. Meeting at a local IBEW Union Hall on Saturday morning, members wore their blue & gold AFGE shirts and knocked on doors in the community to turn out voters for Senator Kay Hagan and other AFGE endorsed candidates.

“This election is vitally important to government workers like us,” said Cox. “Who we elect will determine whether we get a fair pay increase, and if our pension will still be there when we retire. It was fantastic to see so many activists come out on a Saturday morning ready to knock on doors and do their part to win this election.”

In northern Virginia, AFGE National Secretary Treasurer Eugene Hudson Jr. and District 14 National Vice President Eric Bunn joined members for a phone bank, labor walk and chili cook-off in Annandale to support Senator Mark Warner. AFGE also held labor walks and phone banks elsewhere in the state, in Herndon and Winchester.

“I’m proud to see so many members gathered ready to talk to their neighbors and friends about the elections this fall,” said Hudson. “The more members that get involved, the better. AFGE needs to be Big Enough to Win this election, and with everyone pitching in, we can win a Congress that fights beside us, not against us.”

AFGE will continue to hold phone banks and labor walks all throughout the country until the election. We encourage all of you to get involved in your areas to help get out the pro-worker vote. To volunteer in your area, visit the Labor 2014 page to find local labor walks and phone bank opportunities.

For more information about the elections, go to our Stand Up 2014 website and click on your state.

[mdittmar]

"We encourage all of you to get involved in your areas to help get out the pro-worker vote."

Hmm?,Guess AFGE doesn't think I'm a worker if I don't belong to a union and vote for democrats.

Well AFGE,I work hard,and pay your members salaries and I will be voting.

[jdege]

When I was in the Army, it was made very clear what the limits of my political activity could be.

I could vote, and pretty much nothing else.

I could not run for office, I could not hold a position within a political party. I could attend a party caucus, but I could not become a delegate or a party officer. Not even a lowly precinct chair.

All of that seemed quite reasonable. It’s a simple matter of ethics.

I have never understood why those same restrictions don’t apply to all government employees.

[Shamrock-DW]

Any time a government employee tries to tell me how to vote I”ll agree with them then vote the opposite.