Labor Enters Home Stretch For Gray

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

As area residents fired up grills and relaxed over the long Labor Day weekend, union activists knocked on more than 1,000 doors to get out the union vote in next Tuesday’s primaries. “The key to victory for labor-endorsed mayoral candidate Vince Gray is to identify our voters and bring them out to the polls to vote,” said Metro Washington Council Assistant Political Coordinator Alya Solomon. “Mayor Fenty -- who’s been such a disappointment to working people in the District -- is expected to turn out 20,000 votes prior to Election Day and we have to do everything in our power to counter that!” Labor-to-labor get-out-the-vote walks continue through this week and up to election day -- Tuesday, September 14 -- to help elect labor-endorsed candidates in the District. Click here to check out the Political Action page on the Metro Council’s website, where you can easily find information on early voting, polling places, and a full list of labor-endorsed candidates. Email asolomon@dclaborarchives.org to register to volunteer and watch Union City for further details.