Labor 2008: Massachusetts/New Hampshire 2008 Coordinated Campaign

Thank you to everyone who attended our last Coordinator's Meeting. The Massachusetts AFL-CIO is well underway in an extensive coordinating effort with the New Hampshire AFL-CIO for the 2008 Elections. There are roughly 10,000 union members who work in Massachusetts, but live and vote in New Hampshire . Considering that John Kerry won New Hampshire in 2004 by only 9,000 votes, this is a significant voting bloc, and we like to think we had something to do with Kerry’s victory.

We’re going to need the same type of efforts this year in New Hampshire to make sure we elect a President and more members of Congress who support Labor. But we also need to help our Brothers and Sisters in New Hampshire hold on to their Democratic Congressional Delegation, and to unseat fervently anti-worker U.S. Senator John Sununu.

We are in the process of finalizing who a list of coordinators for each Massachusetts local with New Hampshire members, but we don’t want to limit it there. We strongly urge you and your members to get involved in our New Hampshire efforts.

For information on how you can get involved, who your local's coordinator is, or if you're a coordinator with questions, please contact Political Director Bob Bower, Political Coordinator Chrissy Long , or Mobilizing Coordinator John Drinkwater at 781-324-8230. Thank you in advance.

Massachusetts Labor 2008 Activities
(for Mass Locals with NH members)

  • Rebuild and improve our lists: Make sure your locals have an updated membership list on disk format or on paper, and get it to Chrissy Long at the Mass. AFL-CIO or straight to Dan Cochran at the National AFL-CIO, depending on how your international does it.
  • Expand our coordination and outreach: Make sure every local has a coordinator.
  • Increase Voter Registration among members: Encourage members at worksites and union halls.
  • Worksite flyers/Membership mailings: Given to Coordinators on a regular basis to be distributed monthly, more as election date draws near. ID members to help distribute.
  • Direct Mail: Letters from principal officers to members, Newsletter articles, leaflets included in business mail.
  • Phone Banks: Regular member to member outreach starting mid-summer and increasing throughout the fall.
  • Labor Walks: Regular member to member canvassing starting in spring and increasing throughout the fall.
    • First Labor Walk is on Saturday May 17th launching out of the NH AFL-CIO office in Hooksett, NH at 9:00 am. Click HERE for more information, or HERE to download a flyer. 

MA/NH Coordinated Campaign – MAY/JUNE  

MA/NH Coordinator meetings immediately before the COPE Political Roundtables at the Massachusetts Archives Building next to the JFK Library and UMass Boston in Dorchester, and other meetings as needed.

    • May 15 at 1:00 pm
    • June 19 at 1:00 pm
    • Note: If you are unable to make these monthly meetings in Boston, the New Hampshire AFL-CIO also has Coordinator meetings at their office in Hooksett, NH usually the same night as the Mass. AFL-CIO Coordinator meetings. Please contact John Drinkwater (jdrinkwater@massaflcio.org / 781-324-8230) for more information on attending the Coordinator meetings in New Hampshire. 

Monthly local union mailings: Coordinators are provided with a leaflet at each MA/NH Coordinator meeting to send out via local union mail. Labels of your local union’s New Hampshire members, and sample cover letters to send with each leaflet are also distributed at these meetings.

  • This mail should be sent to members before the next MA/NH Coordinator meeting each month, and a copy of the cover letter your local union sends with each month's flyer should be faxed (781-324-8225) to the Mass. AFL-CIO.

Recruiting for mobilization efforts in New Hampshire, including: Labor Walks and Phone Banks. 
  • May 17th from 9am - 1pm: Labor to Labor Walk launching out of Hooksett, NH.  A flyer is enclosed with this packet.  Please let John Drinkwater (jdrinkwater@massaflcio.org / 781-324-8230)  know if you will be participating in this event, and how many people you will be bringing with you.

    Stay tuned for future events. 

Please contact Political Director Bob Bower (bbower@massaflcio.org), Political and Legislative Coordinator Chrissy Long (clong@massaflcio.org), or Mobilizing Coordinator John Drinkwater (jdrinkwater@massaflcio.org) at 781-324-8230 with questions or to RSVP. Thank you in advance.

 

 

 

 

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The Massachusetts/New Hampshire 2008 Coordinated Campaign is working to get responsible Democrats elected to the White House and Congress, and to keep anti-worker candidates like McCain from being elected. Click the links below to read more.

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