The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation, may deploy as many as 400,000 volunteers this year in its effort to re-elect Barack Obama, who President Richard Trumka said helped save tens of thousands of U.S. jobs. The volunteers, accounting for about 3 percent of the 12 million members in AFL-CIO affiliates, will talk to friends, neighbors and co-workers in a get-out-the-vote effort, Trumka said today at a meeting of the Building and Construction Trades Department in Washington. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, wouldn’t look out for workers’ interest and is beholden to wealthy donors, Trumka said.
AFL-CIO Vows 400,000 Volunteers for Obama Election, Trumka Says - Businessweek
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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