AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond to Rally Canvassers and Engage Union Voters in Battleground States in Final Days of Election
(Washington, D.C.)—In the final days of the 2024 election, President Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Redmond will join union members and volunteers to turn out the union vote for Harris-Walz, capping the largest voter mobilization in the labor movement’s history.
In the past two weeks of the election cycle, the AFL-CIO is contacting more than 5 million union voters at their doors, on the phones, and at worksites. In the final days, tens of thousands of AFL-CIO volunteers are on the ground. With union voters accounting for 1 in 5 voters in the Blue Wall states, the AFL-CIO is leaving no stone unturned in the final push to get out the vote (GOTV) for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz.
Highlights from the AFL-CIO’s massive mobilization supporting Harris-Walz, with a sharp focus on battleground states, include:
- 7.1 million union voters engaged directly in person-to-person contact, including at the doors, on the phones, and at worksites.
- 3 million union voters in battleground states reached through digital ads highlighting testimonials from union members. In total, the ads have received 210 million impressions.
- 2.5 million pieces of mail sent to union households in battleground states.
- Nearly 700,000 personalized letters from local union leaders to swing union voters.
- Resources provided to millions of union voters, including an in-depth guide to Trump’s Project 2025’s threat to union families.
- Person-to-person contact is delivering results. Internal tracking shows that swing voters who have conversations at the door or worksite are increasing overall support for Harris by 10 points.
“This election, the AFL-CIO is running clear through the finish line—because union members’ jobs, contracts, and freedoms are on the line,” said Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO. “With our largest union voter mobilization in history, we’ve spent every moment over the last few months reaching union households with facts on how Kamala Harris will champion working people’s priorities while Donald Trump will dismantle unions, weaken the middle class, and give even more power to the wealthiest few. In these final days, the labor movement is putting the pedal to the metal, with tens of thousands of volunteers on the ground turning out millions of voters to the polls. Union members know we never stop fighting until the final poll is closed, and we’re going to take the fight to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz all the way.”
“Unions all across the country are in full get-out-the-vote mode, and nobody does GOTV better than the labor movement,” said Redmond, AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer. “In these final days, we’re focused on turning out every last vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to preserve our unions and our democracy. Donald Trump presents a threat to union families unlike anything we’ve ever seen. And union voters are leading the way to defeat him and elect champions for working people up and down the ballot, starting with our next president Kamala Harris.”
SCHEDULE OF AFL-CIO LEADERS’ FINAL GOTV TRAVEL
President Shuler:
October 30: Madison, Wisconsin (GOTV activity)
October 31: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (including Halloween-themed worksite leafleting at Miller Brewery)
November 1: Allentown, Pennsylvania (GOTV activity)
November 2-4: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (including GOTV canvass launches and rallies)
November 5: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Election Day GOTV canvass)
Secretary-Treasurer Redmond:
November 2: Charlotte, North Carolina (GOTV canvass launch and rally)
November 3: Charlotte, North Carolina (Labor in the Pulpit)
November 4: Atlanta, Georgia (GOTV activity)
November 5: Atlanta, Georgia (Election Day GOTV canvass)
Contact: Steve Smith, 202-637-5018