A Plea for Help at the Phone Banks and Canvassing

Just one to two hours a week, if the majority of us would take the time, and we could have all work shifts filled at phone banks and canvass locations around the state.

Here is a message from a Leader at the Madison Phone Bank:

From: Kevin Gundlach [mailto:kgundlach.union@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:26 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: Please read.

Greetings fellow workers & Unionists,

Last night, there was a lone volunteer at the Madison Labor Temple, a worker who does not make much. She left me a note that read, "I'D RATHER BE UNCOMFORTABLE MAKING PHONE CALLS TO PEOPLE IDENTIFIED AS SUPPORTERS THEN MAKING COLD CALLS LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT."

There's another volunteer who recently became unemployed and is currently homeless. He told me he does not want to see public service workers lose their jobs and their homes. Even though his time is stretched looking for work, he comes in all of the time and volunteers on the phones. Every day, he persuades people to vote for candidates who will support our rights.

A private sector, non-Union, low paid CNA bicycles in on weekends to the Madison Labor Temple. He carpools up to wherever we're going. He believes we should all be in a Union when working conditions are poor. He tells me he knows this is boring work, but it must get done in order for us to win back WI and do what's right for all people.

I also know this is boring work. But if everyone volunteered a mere 2 hours a week to call voters, identify and inform them about our candidates, and at the end, remind them to vote, we will win back WI and start to help our our veterans, our homeless, our low-paid & under-appreciated workers, and ourselves.

WI needs your help. Come out to the and sit, stand, and walk along side dedicated people to win back WI.

MADISON LABOR TEMPLE 1602 S. Park Street, Room 104

PHONES: Mon to Fri: 3 PM to 9 PM; Sat: 10 AM to 6 PM; Sun: 12 Noon to 8 PM
CARPOOLING: Sat: hot breakfast at 9 AM and meet at the Labor Temple at 9:30 AM and Sun: meet at the Madison Labor Temple at 11 AM

Bring a friend, call up some co-workers, and let's sit, side by side, next to others who are non-union, and who are fighting for us.

There is less than 3 weeks left until the big election to turn our formerly great State of WI around.

Thank you, we hope to see you at the phone banks and SOLIDARITY!

Kevin Gundlach
Union 'thug' and worker