Volunteer on Election Day

Local 848 members, retirees, and their families are needed for the final push on election day. Call President Giesecke at 972-263-2808. Raytheon members can take 1 hour off any time during election day for voting. Vought members can take the last hour or the first hour. President Giesecke says that those taking the first hour can help with placing signs at precincts.

Volunteers, especially those with pickup trucks, are asked to go to the old East Dallas UAW Hall at I30 & Grand on Monday to get their election-day packages and assignments.

Volunteers may want to work with a special candidate during the election. A list of union endorsed candidates' addresses & phone numbers is available at the union hall. Those who have no assignment or just prefer to work along with more experienced volunteers may report to the Central Labor Council at 1408 N Washington in Dallas at 8 AM on election day. President Giesecke is a precinct judge and will not be available to make assignments on election day.

AFL-CIO principal officer Gene Freeland said that driving people to the polls in Dallas County will not be necessary, as the Yellow Cab Company has volunteered. Volunteers will be walking door-to-door, working precinct entrances, and/or phone banking.

Seventeen Local 848 retirees have already pitched in with telephoning work.