Their diligence - their amazing ground war for our side is never appreciated enough.
Here is a wonderful story I just read that reminded my of this fact, and explaining to the rest of us,
why they walk:
Why do union members and their families get up on Saturday mornings to visit other union members’ houses? They have the same inclination to want to sleep in on the weekend or get the long list of personal errands done. So why did 130 people from Virginia come out this past Saturday to knock on more than 1,800 union household doors?
When people ask me that question, I think about how I will be helping inform union members and their families about the upcoming election and our endorsed candidates who are fighting for health care access and improving our children’s education. At stake this election are dozens of state legislative races, and we have the opportunity to take back the state Legislature for working families.
And then I go out on the neighborhood walks.
I meet and talk to the union families and I hear their stories about working harder every year just to keep from falling behind and how they wonder how their children will ever be able to do as well as they have, let alone dream about doing better. I am reminded that it really is about my brothers and my sisters—and their families—OUR family, having a say in our future; having a chance at getting ahead and not fighting so hard just to break even.
I hope that, the next time you hear someone dissing Unions in this country - you will remember how hard they work - in the trenches, not at their keyboards - for us. They will be out in force next year, making a difference (as always) in many key states.
Please just remember to thank them if you see them.
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