How Are You Working For Change?

Registering voters. Volunteering at food banks. Phone banking for candidates. Organizing workers and improving working conditions. Raising money to fund research for important cures.

These are just a few of the things young workers are doing throughout the nation to make a differnce. With health care costs out of control, the economy a mess, rapidly rising gas prices, escalating college costs, the mortgage crisis, a broken immigration system...our nation needs all the help it can get.

This is a year for change if there ever was one. And hundreds of thousands of UFCW members will be working hard to send Barack Obama to the White House to make that change real.

But change doesn't start with the President or the people in Washington, as Senator Obama points out in his speeches.

Change starts with us. We can make a difference. We can help UFCW members, workers, and fellow Americans around the nation in times of trouble. We can oppose greedy CEOs and corporations, and fight for better wages, affordable, quality health care for all, improved working conditions, and the dignity of a secure retirement.

We can speak together and become more powerful. We can stick together and make our voices heard--and we can shout out for a real shot at the American Dream for each and every person in this country.

We can all be leaders. Young workers can and will lead the way to the change we need today.

How are you working for change? Tell us what you're doing to make this country a better place.

UFCW Asks: Can We Change?

UFCW members are speaking out in a new ad supporting Barack Obama for President. The ad is running across the state of Ohio and Texas in preparation for the Tuesday primary contest.


What do you think we can achieve this November? What do you want to see change in America?

For more information on the issues that matter to workers, check
out www.ufcwvote.org.

UFCW Endorses Obama

It's official--the UFCW is endorsing Senator Barack Obama for president in 2008!

In a statement to the press, Joe Hansen, president of UFCW International, had the following to say about the endorsement:

"UFCW members are energized to seize [the opportunity this election] to change America and restore the American Dream for workers and their families....We are the largest union of young workers with more than forty percent of our members under the age of thirty. Senator Obama’s message of changing hope into reality has inspired our members, particularly our young members, across the country.

We have the utmost respect for Senator Clinton and her tireless efforts on behalf of working people. And while both Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have a vision to change America, we believe that Senator Obama is the best candidate to build a movement to unite our country that will deliver the type of change that is needed – for good jobs, affordable health care, retirement security and worker safety."

Click here for the full press release

Iowa Youth Turnout Almost Triples

This is not our father's democracy.

While it is still unknown who will win the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations, it's clear young voters are taking their role in selection more seriously than ever.

The number of young voters participating in 2008 caucuses were nearly triple that of 2004 numbers according to a study released by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE).

CIRCLE reports the turnout rate amoung eligible 18-to-29-year olds at more than 56,000 voters or 11 percent, an increase from 4 percent in 2004. The statistics are based on total number of Republican and Democratic voters

This increase is a continuance of a trend starting with the 2004 presidential election and growing further in the 2006 congressional elections.

"Younger Americans are dong their part, registering to vote, paying more attention to issues and politics, and now turning out for the Iowa caucuses, " said CIRCLE Director Peter Levine. "Now it is up to political leaders to reach out to younger Americans and run campaigns that address there issues and concerns."