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Local 802 AFM Endorsements

October 27, 2008

2008 Vote!

The officially endorsed candidate of Local 802 AFM for President of the United States: Senator Barack Obama

If you can get out of town for a day or two, will you sign up to drive to Pennsylvania? Face-to-face contact is the most powerful way to get out the vote or persuade undecided voters in battleground states. Grab a couple friends and join us for a weekend road trip.
Click here to reach Pennsylvania Staff waiting for your help

Phone calls are the most effective tool for getting out the vote in the eighty percent of PA that is rural and cannot be easily canvassed. The Obama campaign is asking the New York Call Team to make 75,000 calls into PA in the next seven days.

Please download a list and start making calls ASAP:
http://my.barackobama.com/call

Listen to the call training and strategy session here:
http://my.barackobama.com/paupdate

Volunteer at the 802 Phone Bank Call political director Paul Molloy at x 176 or email pmolloy@local802afm.org

Endorsement For U.S. Congress
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These Congressional candidates are endorsed by Local 802AFM, The AFL-CIO and The Working Families Party. More information on issues and the candidates is available here on the 802 site or follow the links from the candidates below.

New York State

Tim Bishop (D/WF) 1^st CD elected 2002

Steve J. Israel (D/I/WF) 2^nd CD elected 2000

Carolyn McCarthy (D/I/WF) 4^th CD elected 1996

Gary L. Ackerman (D/I/WF) 5^th CD, elected 1982

Joseph Crowley (D/WF) 7^th CD elected 1998;

Jerrold Nadler (D/WF) 8^th CD elected 1992

Anthony Weiner (D/WF) 9^th CD elected 1998

Yvette Clarke (D) 11^th CD elected 2006

Nydia Velazquez (D/WF) 12^th CD elected 1992

Michael McMahon (D/WF) 13^th CD

Carolyn Maloney (D/WF) 14^th CD elected 1992

Charles B. Rangel (D/WF) 15^th CD elected 1970

Jose E. Serrano (D/WF) 16^th CD elected 1990

Eliot L. Engel (D/L/WF) 17^th CD elected 1988

Nita M. Lowey (D/WF) 18^th elected 1988

John Hall (D/I/WF) 19^th elected 2006

Maurice Hinchy (D/WF) 22nd elected 1992

New Jersey

also endorsed by the AFL-CIO

Dennis Shulman (D) 5^th CD

Frank Pallone Jr. (D) 6^th CD elected in 1988

Linda Stender (D) 7^th CD

Steven Rothman (D) 9^th CD elected in 1996

Donald Payne(D) 10^th CD elected in 1988

Rush D. Holt, Jr. (D) 12^th CD elected in 1998

Albio Sires(D) 13^th CD elected in 2006

Find Your Poll And Representatives

You can find your polling place by clicking here.

You can look up your elected representatives by clicking here.

802 Notes can be reached by sending an e-mail to 802notes@local802afm.org.

Info Request

If you are scheduled for an overdub session at Legacy Studios during the week of November 9 please contact the 802 Recording Department at (212) 245-4802 x 161. All replies will remain confidential.

Local 802 AFM is an affiliate member of the New York City Central Labor Council AFL-CIO and the Working Families Party which have also endorsed Barack Obama and Joe Biden and these candidates.

State Legislature

New York State Senate

Brian Foley (D) 3rd Senate District

Joe Addabbo (D)-15th State Senate District-

State Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D)-18th State Senate District

State Senator Martin Golden (R)-22^nd State Senate District-

State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D)-35^th State Senate District-

New York State Assembly

Reverend Assemblyman Karim Camara (D) 43rd Assembly District-

Assemblywoman Janele Hyer-Spencer (D)-60

Pre- K Program

City Council president Christine Quinn announced this week that there are 6000 all day pre-k slots opening for three and four year olds coming up in January. Parents should call 311 for details on enrollment procedures.

Shorts:

Obama buttons like the one above were hung on a banner in the lobby of 802 starting on last Monday, with the notice "Take One, Help Yourself, Help All Of Us". The building staff kept pinning up more and more buttons. Thanks guys. By noon Friday all 1000 buttons were taken!