I hope that everyone has settled into the beginning of the school year. This past weekend we celebrated homecoming. Thank you to the members who took time out of their weekend to volunteer at the event and hand out rally towels. We are also just a few weeks from the very important midterm elections. Below I have included a list of upcoming labor walks. Please take part in one of these walks. If we want to pass legislation that decouples state tests from teacher evaluations, we need elected officials in Albany who stand by us. All of the candidates are NYSUT endorsed, including Assemblywomen and NYSUT member Christine Pellegrino. I hope we can count on your support.
Upcoming Labor Walks
What's a labor walk?
Labor walk's are a combination of knocking on doors to try and talk to people if they're home and/or just leaving campaign literature at about half the doors where no one is home. We've been using the term labor walk because these are done in concert with the LI Federation of Labor and other labor unions. Also we ONLY go to labor union households.
We usually go out in groups of 2 or 3 (you decide who) with a list of about 30-45 houses to hit. (of course people who are pumped can do more). Usually takes a couple hours. Volunteers are given lists, script, map, etc. Pretty much always done by about lunchtime.
At any of the walks in Suffolk there will be a NYSUT sign-in and several of
NYSUT PAC coordinators to help any NYSUT volunteers. A number of us have done these many times and have never had an issue. When you do get to talk to anyone most are appreciative of what you are doing. All research shows this is by far one of the most effective ways to campaign.
Saturday October 13, 10:00 AM Monica Martinez 3rd Senate District and Perry Gershon 1st Congressional at SCDC 1461 Lakeland Avenue, Suite #3 Bohemia
Saturday October 20, 10:00 AM Jim Gaughran 5th Senate District and Allen Foley 15th Assembly (IUPAT-DC 9 Member) at 5th SD Campaign HQ 8 Washington Avenue, Plainview
Saturday October 27, 10:00 AM John Brooks 8th Senate District and Christine Pellegrino 9th Assembly (NYSUT Member) at 8th SD Campaign HQ 2750a Old Sunrise Highway Massapequa
Saturday November 3 TBD
