Nation’s Labor Unions Doing Critical Work of Turning Out Voters in Support of Harris/Walz Ticket, Including in Key Battleground of Pennsylvania

MEDIA ADVISORY for Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 10:00aET

WHO:

• 600 canvassers knocking doors in Philadelphia with hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE and with For Our Future
• Gwen Mills, President, UNITE HERE International Union
• Becky Pringle, President, NEA
• Lee Saunders, President, AFSCME
• Randi Weingarten, President, AFT

WHAT: Get Out the Vote rally and large-scale canvass launch

WHEN: Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 10:00am ET

WHERE: Haddington Rec Center, 5700 Haverford Ave., Philadelphia

WHY:

This is a critical election for union members and all working people, with basic rights, freedoms, and jobs all on the line. In the final days before Election Day, thousands of union canvassers will knock doors across the country to turn out voters to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as part of the largest voter mobilization in the history of the labor movement. With Pennsylvania’s 19 crucial electoral college votes on the line, many of these canvassers will be hitting the streets in Philadelphia.

Collectively, UNITE HERE and For Our Future are fielding close to 900 canvassers who have already knocked on nearly two million doors in Pennsylvania. They average nearly 100,000 doors knocked every day across 16 counties.

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UNITE HERE Philly is a union of hospitality, casino, airport, stadium and school cafeteria food service workers, who are mostly women and people of color. We cook, clean, and serve in stadiums, airports, hotels, and casinos. We are an affiliate of UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union, which is running the country’s largest labor-led independent canvassing program. 2,000 UNITE HERE canvassers aim to knock over 3.5 million doors across key battleground states including Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona.

For Our Future builds progressive power through voter engagement, issue advocacy, and community organizing to create shared economic prosperity, strengthen public education, advance social and racial justice, and preserve the environment. For Our Future’s board includes the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the National Education Association (NEA), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).