PA AFL-CIO Bus Tour to Highlight Key Areas

Monday October 30, 2006

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Election Bus Tour to Highlight Key GOTV Areas

Candidates join labor leaders in massive GOTV effort

This Wednesday through Saturday, candidates will join labor leaders across the state of Pennsylvania in a bus tour that will highlight Election Day priorities for Pennsylvania working families.

Candidates Bob Casey Jr., Lois Murphy, Joe Sestak, Chris Carney, and Charles Dertinger will join Bill George, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO and Rick Bloomingdale, Secretary Treasurer of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, in participating in key parts of the Pennsylvania Labor 2006 program, the largest GOTV effort in Pennsylvania.

The Bus Tour will rally working families for candidates who stand for our priorities. Highlights include a worksite leaflet with Lois Murphy, a plant tour with Bob Casey, Jr., and Chris Carney, a rally with John Edwards, Ed Rendell, and Bob Casey, Jr. and a labor walk with the President of the national AFL-CIO John Sweeney.

The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO will mobilize 1.4 union members, families, and Working America members. Since August, union volunteers knocked on 185,000 doors, made 295,000 live calls, and handed out more than 2 million leaflets at worksites. This past Saturday, 900 union volunteers walked across the state of Pennsylvania in the GOTV kick-off weekend.

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO

Election 2006 Bus Tour Schedule

LEHIGH COUNTY

WHO: Bob Casey for U.S. Senate; Charlie Dertinger, for Congress;

PA. AFL-CIO President Bill George and Sec.-Treas. Rick Bloomingdale;

and Lehigh Valley Labor Council President Gregg Potter

WHAT: Coffee with the Candidates

WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 8:30 to 9:30am

WHERE: IBEW Local 375, 1201 W. Liberty St. Allentown, PA

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

WHO: Lois Murphy for Congress; PA AFL-CIO President Bill George and Sec.-Treas. Rick Bloomingdale; SEIU 1199P President Tom DeBruin; and Montgomery Labor Council President John Cairns

WHAT: Worksite Leaflet with Lois Murphy

WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 2:30 to 3:30 pm

WHERE: Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, 1600 E. High St., Pottstown, PA 19464

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LYCOMING COUNTY

WHO: Bob Casey for U.S. Senate; Chris Carney for Congress;

PA AFL-CIO President Bill George and Sec.-Treas. Rick Bloomingdale; PA UAW CAP Director Tony Forte; and Northern Tier (Lycoming/Clinton Counties) Labor Council President Dean Reynolds

WHAT: Plant tour of Textron with Bob Casey & Chris Carney

WHEN: Thursday, November 2, 2006 11:00 A.M.

WHERE: Textron, 652 Oliver St., Williamsport, PA 17701

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PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

WHO: John Edwards, Gov. Edward Rendell, and Bob Casey for U.S. Senate

WHAT: Get-Out-the-Vote Rally

WHEN: Friday, November 3, 2006 12:00 noon

WHERE: LOVE Park 15th & JFK, Philadelphia, PA

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DELAWARE COUNTY

WHO: Joe Sestak for Congress; PA AFL-CIO President Bill George