AFT ‘Your Voice, Your’ Vote Bus Tour
Rolls Through Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh

WASHINGTON – The American Federation of Teachers “Your Voice, Your Vote” bus will be rolling into key battleground states next week, with AFT President Randi Weingarten and other AFT leaders talking  to members about the new leadership Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Joe Biden will bring to the nation and our communities.

 “We have to turn around the economic damage that eight years of the Bush administration has produced,” Weingarten said. “AFT members, like many Americans, are excited about the Obama-Biden ticket and are confident about the steps they will take to strengthen the economy, our nation’s public schools and our healthcare system.”

 The bus tour kicks off Oct. 30 in Detroit with a get-out-the-vote rally at the Detroit Federation of Teachers. Later that evening, the bus tour moves on to Toledo, Ohio, where Weingarten will join members in making phone calls to fellow union members.

On Oct. 31, the tour continues through Cleveland, with a get-out-the-vote rally at the North Shore Labor Council, then rolls on to Cincinnati for another rally.

On Nov. 1, the tour concludes in Pittsburgh, where Weingarten and others will go door-to-door, speaking with union members. The tour will conclude at a large labor rally organized by the United Steelworkers, which is scheduled to feature several other international union presidents, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney, Steelers players and others.

 Reporters are welcome to join the bus tour.

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