Both Obama and Biden Work On the Job With SEIU Members

WASHINGTON, DC-Today, members of the nation's fastest growing union applauded Senator Obama's selection of Senator Joe Biden as his running mate, calling the two the most pro-working family presidential ticket in a generation. SEIU members are already on the ground in more than 20 states working to elect the first president and vice-president to walk a day in the shoes of SEIU members.
 
"Senator Biden understands what working families need because he walked a day in my shoes,"said SEIU member Marshall Clemons, a school custodian in Cedar Rapids, IA. "When you work side-by-side with someone and when you invite someone to share a meal with your family you create a bond."
 
"We still keep in touch,"added Clemons. "He wants to know how my family is, how my school is. And he asks what I think we need to do to turn our country around-that's the kind of leader we need."
 
Last August, Barack Obama walked a day in the shoes of home care worker Pauline Beck-calling it the best day of his campaign. Beck will address the Democratic Convention Tuesday night. To date, Senator McCain has refused invitations to walk a day in the shoes of an SEIU member.
 
"Senators Obama and Biden offer voters a stark contrast with John McCain's embrace of the failed policies of the past eight years,"said SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger. "And Pauline, Marshall, and thousands of other SEIU members will be out on the doors, on the phones, and on the airwaves from now until November to ensure voters know the stakes this election."
 
SEIU members are committing record amounts of time, money, and energy this election to educate voters about John McCain's anti-worker agenda and elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden and a pro-worker majority in Congress. More than 100,000 SEIU members will be volunteering in the coming months and SEIU members have committed to spending $85 million on election efforts."

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