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The AFL/CIO's Largest Union Is Kicking Off Its 2008 Election Campaign
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(OPEN):
THE 1.4-MILLION-MEMBER AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE,
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES--OR "AFSCME"--WILL HOST
ITS SECOND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ON TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 19TH,
IN WASHINGTON, D-C. MORE THAN TWO-THOUSAND "AFSCME" MEMBERS AND
RETIREES, FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, WILL ATTEND THE FORUM, AS PART OF A
NATIONAL CONFERENCE TO KICK OFF THE UNION'S 2008 ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
"AFSCME" PRESIDENT GERALD MCENTEE--WHO CHAIRS THE
A-F-L/C-I-O POLITICAL COMMITTEE--SAYS THAT THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IS THE MOST-WIDE-OPEN RACE OF OUR LIFETIME--AND THAT "AFSCME"
WILL RUN ITS MOST-AGGRESSIVE AND -SOPHISTICATED POLITICAL PROGRAM
EVER--HARNESSING THE POWER OF 40-THOUSAND MEMBER-ACTIVISTS, AND MORE
THAN 40-MILLION DOLLARS...
(MCENTEE):
"THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY IS ON THE LINE.
THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS--ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, AND
PROSPERITY. WE WANT A CANDIDATE WHO CAN ARTICULATE A BOLD VISION,
AND A REAL PLAN TO RESTORE THE AMERICAN DREAM--AND THE MIDDLE CLASS;
SOMEONE WHO WILL PUT US BACK ON THE TRACK; SOMEONE WHO WILL REFORM
HEALTH CARE, SAFEGUARD OUR RETIREMENT SECURITY, PROTECT OUR WORKPLACE
RIGHTS, AND MAINTAIN A VIBRANT PUBLIC SECTOR. WE'RE GOING TO
ENDORSE THE CANDIDATE WHO PROVES BEST ON WORKING-FAMILY ISSUES, AND HAS
THE GREATEST CHANCE TO WIN; AND THEY WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF OUR
UNRIVALED MEMBER-ACTION AND INDEPENDENT-EXPENDITURE PROGRAMS. WE
WELCOME THE EXCITING CHALLENGE OF DISCOVERING WHO WILL BE THE BEST
CANDIDATE--AND, INDEED, WHO WILL BE THE BEST PRESIDENT."
(CLOSE):
"AFSCME" IS THE LARGEST UNION FOR WORKERS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE--AND THE
BIGGEST UNION IN THE A-F-L/C-I-O; IT IS ALSO WIDELY REGARDED AS
AMERICA'S MOST-POLITICALLY-POWERFUL LABOR ORGANIZATION.
