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November 3, 2014

UFCW Members Across the Country Get the Vote Out

UFCW Local 1208, UFCW Local 1776, UFCW Local 227, UFCW Local 230, UFCW Local 876, UFCW Local 951

Members from UFCW Locals across the country have been busy getting the vote out in key battleground states including Michigan, Kentucky, Iowa, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania–as well as others.

 

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UFCW Members getting out the vote in Kentucky

UFCW Members getting out the vote in Kentucky

UFCW Kentucky member with candidate for Kentucky Senate Alison Lundergan Grimes

UFCW Kentucky members with candidate for Kentucky Senate Alison Lundergan Grimes

LV Walk for Wolf, Beyer, and Powell

LV Walk for Wolf, Beyer, and Powell

UFCW Members in Kentucky

UFCW Members in Kentucky

Union members with Karen Chellew, Democratic candidate for PA State Representative

UFCW members with Karen Chellew, Democratic candidate for PA State Representative

October 21, 2014

UFCW Local 227 Members Get Out The Vote in Kentucky

UFCW Local 227

Local 227 onpointMembers of UFCW Local 227 are knocking on doors, making phone calls, and visiting worksites in an effort to get out the vote in Kentucky.

The Bluegrass State is home to one of the most hotly contested Senate races in the country. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, who introduced national right to work, is facing a fierce challenge from Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Grimes. Local 227 members Chuck Duckworth, Chawan Morgan, and Abigail Shake—all employees of Kroger—have been working hard to get Grimes across the finish line.

“McConnell has sucked the life out of Kentucky,” said Morgan. “We need a fresh face, some new ideas, and a different direction.”

“Alison Grimes understands our struggles,” Shake agreed. “She’s not Washington—she’s Kentucky.”

McConnell’s support for right to work and the close battle for control of Kentucky House of Representatives has brought the issue of workers’ rights front and center.

“We’re the only southern state that’s not right to work,” Duckworth said. “I think this election is very important to keep it that way.”

“I have job security, health insurance, annual raises, equal pay and so many other benefits,” Shake added. “Right to work would take that away.”

The Local 227 members all talked about the importance of reaching out to their coworkers. “For me to go to a door and see a single mom raising three kids on her own, working a job and doing everything she can to get by, for me to help educate her about how to make life a little easier, that’s what is important,” Shake said.

Or as Morgan put it: “It’s about solidarity—being united and strong.”

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