AFT ‘Your Voice, Your Vote’ Bus Tour
Rolls Through Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh
Rallies to Feature Sen. Hillary Clinton, Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Sen. Sherrod Brown

WASHINGTON—The American Federation of Teachers “Your Voice, Your Vote” bus will be rolling into key battleground states this week, with Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm joining AFT President Randi Weingarten, AFT Secretary-Treasurer Antonia Cortese and others at various stops along the way to talk 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.”

Weingarten will have campaigned in 16 states and the District of Columbia by Election Day.

The bus tour kicks off Oct. 30 in Detroit with a get-out-the-vote rally, featuring Gov. Granholm. 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 featuring Sen.  Brown. The bus tour rolls on to Cincinnati that day for an afternoon rally featuring Sen. Clinton. 

On Nov. 1 in Pittsburgh, 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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