Speaking to 300 officers, members and staff from Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, Hill described how the IBEW will mobilize members across the country in the weeks remaining before the Nov. 4 election.
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"Take the (union) papers, take the handouts, take it to \'em at work," Hill urged the delegates to the union\'s 6th District Progress Conference held in Rochester, Minn. "Make sure people see them. But don\'t forget the personal touch.
"Brothers and sisters, don\'t let your courage fail now!"
Hill praised Obama and condemned Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin.
"It\'s like they\'re running as king and queen of the prom instead of talking about the issues," he said.
"People are falling out of the middle class everyday. Unemployment is killing us . . . Two oil men in the White House took the price of oil from $1.50 to over $4 a gallon . . . It\'s like we\'ve been governed by Murphy\'s Law and everything that could go wrong is going wrong."
McCain promises more of the same, while Obama will support working families and rebuild the fractured economy, Hill said.
The IBEW represents workers in construction, utilities, broadcasting, telecommunications, manufacturing, railroads and government – all sectors of the economy that have faced hard times in recent years.
Both Hill and IBEW Secretary-Treasurer Lindell Lee said they don\'t underestimate the effect on IBEW members of the anti-Obama smear campaign – or potential racism against an African-American candidate. But they believe concern about jobs will trump these other factors.
"I think the issues are too big this year for the lies and distortions to overcome," said Hill.
Lee related a recent conversation he had with an IBEW member from the south.
"He told me, \'Up until now, being prejudiced has been free. You could dislike or even hate people for no other reason than the color of their skin and it wouldn\'t cost you anything financially – although it might cost you morally or spiritually.\' Then he went on to say, \'But if middle-class working Americans take their prejudice into the voting booth on Nov. 4, it will cost them dearly for decades.\'"
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Speaking to 300 officers, members and staff from Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, Hill described how the IBEW will mobilize members across the country in the weeks remaining before the Nov. 4 election.
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IBEW President |
"We\’re not leaving anything to chance" with a focus on worksite communication, he said.
"Take the (union) papers, take the handouts, take it to \’em at work," Hill urged the delegates to the union\’s 6th District Progress Conference held in Rochester, Minn. "Make sure people see them. But don\’t forget the personal touch.
"Brothers and sisters, don\’t let your courage fail now!"
Hill praised Obama and condemned Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin.
"It\’s like they\’re running as king and queen of the prom instead of talking about the issues," he said.
"People are falling out of the middle class everyday. Unemployment is killing us . . . Two oil men in the White House took the price of oil from $1.50 to over $4 a gallon . . . It\’s like we\’ve been governed by Murphy\’s Law and everything that could go wrong is going wrong."
McCain promises more of the same, while Obama will support working families and rebuild the fractured economy, Hill said.
The IBEW represents workers in construction, utilities, broadcasting, telecommunications, manufacturing, railroads and government – all sectors of the economy that have faced hard times in recent years.
Both Hill and IBEW Secretary-Treasurer Lindell Lee said they don\’t underestimate the effect on IBEW members of the anti-Obama smear campaign – or potential racism against an African-American candidate. But they believe concern about jobs will trump these other factors.
"I think the issues are too big this year for the lies and distortions to overcome," said Hill.
Lee related a recent conversation he had with an IBEW member from the south.
"He told me, \’Up until now, being prejudiced has been free. You could dislike or even hate people for no other reason than the color of their skin and it wouldn\’t cost you anything financially – although it might cost you morally or spiritually.\’ Then he went on to say, \’But if middle-class working Americans take their prejudice into the voting booth on Nov. 4, it will cost them dearly for decades.\’"
For more information
Find out more about the IBEW at www.ibew.org