Obama Fires Up UFCW Activists in Chicago

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Statement by Joe Hansen, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

Obama Fires Up UFCW Activists in Chicago

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Change is not a slogan for workers. Change in 2008 is an absolute necessity for America’s working families. We require change that restores America to a place of opportunity and security, where hard work is respected and those who do it are protected—and Barack Obama is the best candidate to make that change happen.

Senator Obama knows firsthand about striving for the American Dream. He brings excitement and real commitment to the cause of working people.

When you listen to what Barack Obama says, you know he is the best hope for American workers—and he has the best plan to restore the American Dream for America’s workers.

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) activists from around the country listened to Senator Obama today at a gathering in Chicago. Now they are going back to their homes more fired up than ever about his candidacy. We will be mobilizing, organizing and energizing 1.3 million UFCW members across the country—and especially in the upcoming primary states—to make Barack Obama the Democratic nominee and the next president of the United States.

Senator Obama understands the needs of working people. He understands that America must restore the balance between working America and corporate America.

Cashiers, clerks, meatpackers and food processors—UFCW members and all working people—are fighting every day to make a better life for their families. Barack Obama is on our side in that fight.

America is at a crossroads. We have a choice to stay with the same old Washington political leadership or adopt a new vision, a new commitment, and new solutions to the challenges we face.

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) represents more than 1.3 million workers, primarily in the retail and meatpacking, food processing and poultry industries. The UFCW protects the rights of workers and strengthens America’s middle class by fighting for health care reform, living wages, retirement security, safe working conditions and the right to unionize so that working men and women and their families can realize the American Dream. For more information about the UFCW’s effort to protect workers’ rights and strengthen America’s middle class, visit www.ufcw.org.