SECURE YOUR
FUTURE
FOR THEIR FUTURE
2010 GENERAL ELECTION
• Clear choice for Governor in November
• JERRY BROWN’S main street agenda
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Will bring good jobs
Good Schools
Affordable healthcare
Retirement security
• Meg Whitman’s wall street agenda
– Wrecked our economy
– Led to millions of home foreclosures
– Cost Californians their jobs & retirement
savings
WHAT BROWN HAS DONE FOR
LABOR
As Governor:
• Created 1.9 million good-paying jobs
• Gave workers the right to bargain collectively for
better wages & benefits
• Strengthened workers’ comp & unemployment
insurance
As Attorney General:
• Took on corporations that cheated their workers out
of pay & benefits
• Sued Wall Street bankers who ruined family
mortgages
• Fought big oil companies
WHAT WHITMAN PROPOSES TO
TAKE AWAY
o Eliminate 40,000 jobs
o Roll back rights to overtime pay, 8-hour work
day, and guaranteed meal and rest breaks
o Cut pensions
o More tax breaks to corporations & wealthy
individuals
WE MUST STOP THE HOSTILE CORPORATE
TAKEOVER OF CALIFORNIA
Governor
US
Senate
STATEWIDE
TARGETED
RACES
Attorney
General
Insurance
Commissioner
CD 3 &
CD 11
SD 12
JC 7
TARGETED
RACES
AD 5
AD 15
CD 44
CD 47
JC 42
TARGETED
RACES
AD 68
AD 79
BALLOT PROPOSITIONS
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General
PROP. 19 – Measure to legalize, regulate & tax marijuana – No Recommendation
PROP. 21 – Vehicle license surcharge to fund State Parks - YES
PROP. 22 – Prohibits legislature from taking funds for transportation, local
projects & services - YES
PROP. 23 – Suspends AB 32, the Greenhouse Gas Emissions law - NO
PROP. 24 – Repeals recent legislation to allow businesses to carry back
losses, share tax credits, etc. - YES
Redistricting
PROP. 20 – U.S. House redistricting initiative - NO
PROP. 27 – Eliminates the State Commission on Redistricting - YES
Majority Vote
 PROP. 25 – The Majority Vote Budget - YES
 PROP. 26 – Increases from simple majority to a 2/3rd vote for state
levies & charges. Also, applies to local government - NO
2 PART STRATEGY
Increase Voter
Registration
via
New Registrations
&
Permanent
Absentees
Update member
database
Inform Members of
Issues
&
Ballot
Propositions
Volunteer
Recruitment
For
GOTV
PRIMARY STRATEGY
• Register Members
at the Worksites
• Post Issue Flyers
• Recruit Volunteers
• Weekly Conference
Calls
Union voters
account for
nearly a quarter
of all votes cast
in elections
nationwide and
nearly one in
three in
California
elections
Mobilizing members is a campaign….
….not an activity
SECONDARY STRATEGY
• Letters to Members
from Principal Officers
• CLC Participation
• Precinct Walking
• Phone Banking
• Event Recruitment
• GOTV
I’ve been in
office and I’ve
been out of
office. And if I
were to choose,
I’d rather be in
office.
-Attorney
General
Jerry Brown
Permanent Absentee Ballots
58% of
Californians
voted by
mail in the
June
Primary
GOTV dates
moves up
Registration
Forms
Absentee Request
Forms
Available 30 days
before election
Phone
banking to
these
members
Letters to the
identified PAV
members
JC 7 –
JC 7 –
Bay Area
Central Valley
JC 42
48% Registered
Members
51% Registered
Members
48% Registered
Members
50% Voted in 2006
General Election
47% Voted in 2006
General Election
43% Voted in 2006
General Election
83% Voted in 2008
General Election
77% Voted in 2008
General Election
76% Voted in 2008
General Election
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
JC Presidents
JC Political
Coordinators
IBT DRIVE
Representative
CTPAC
Local Union
Principal Officer
Local Union
Political Coordinator
Worksite Political
Coordinator
Worksite Political
Coordinator
Worksite Political
Coordinator
EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSES
• Long Beach 2010 race – Largest GOTV
campaign by Labor ever in Long Beach
• Local 396 DRIVE increase – increased
DRIVE participation from 3% to 50% in the
solid waste industry
• Valley successes with Jerry McNerney &
Ann Johnston in 2008
ACCOUNTABILITY
• New Registration figure updates posted bi-weekly
• Website registration update lists submitted to CTPAC
• Activity Reports submitted monthly
• Volunteer recruitment forms submitted to Local Union
I’d shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of
America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by an
undemocratic code, with no soul and no conscience.
-Attorney General
Jerry Brown
Key Dates
• Absentee Ballots Available
on:
• Last Day to Register to Vote
on:
October 4, 2010
October 18, 2010
• Last Day to Request a VBM
Ballot by mail:
October 26, 2010
Goals for this election
Flyer
Blitz #1
Local
Union
Letter
Phone
Banking
Brown
Events
Worksite
Goal
Letter
Goal
Volunteer
Goal
Rapid
Response
•Flyer Blitz
#1 Sept. 6
•Flyer Blitz
#2 Oct. 4
•Letter #1
Sept. 6
•Letter #2
Oct. 11
•Recruit 1%
of members
•GOTV
•Phone
Numbers
•E-mail
addresses
Local
Union
Letter
Precinct
Walks
Boxer
Events
Flyer
Blitz #2
2010 VOTER REGISTRATION
DRIVE CONTEST RULES
• Only Rank and File members may compete for the
prizes
• Only New Registrations will count towards the
totals
• Each local union will be responsible for keeping
track of who turns in the registration forms at the
worksites
• The totals will be updated bi-weekly
• Prizes will be awarded in each Joint Council
Prizes!
GOAL: To register members and their families between now
and October 18, 2010 (the last day to register to vote)
FIRST PLACE: $1000 Visa
gift card
SECOND PLACE: $500 gift
card to COSTCO
THIRD PLACE: Leather
sleeved Teamster jacket
($200 value)
Summary
• This upcoming election is important. It comes down to a very
simple choice:
MAIN STREET vs. WALL STREET
• By working together we can restore hope, promise and
prosperity – we can restore California.
• We need you not only to go out and vote, but to encourage our
members, your friends, and family to register and vote as well.
– With increased voter registration, volunteer participation and voter
turnout we can WIN.
CALIFORNIA CONTACTS
Marsi Newman
Public Affairs Administrator
CTPAC
1127 11th St., Ste. 501
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 446-0291
(916) 446-9321 FAX
marsi@teamsterctpac.org
Doug Bloch
Joint Council No. 7 Political Director
250 Executive Park Blvd., Ste. 3100
San Francisco, CA 94134
(415) 467-7768
(510) 333-1179 cell
doug@teamjc7.org
Ed Rendon
Joint Council No. 42 Political Coordinator
818 Oak Park Rd., Ste. 250
Covina, CA 91724
(626) 974-4212
(626) 974-4241 FAX
edr@jc42.net
Jack Peasley
California DRIVE Representative
c/o CTPAC
1127 11th St., Ste. 501
Sacramento, CA 95814
(202) 438-5148
IBTJACK@aol.com
Mark Shumar
IBT Representative
25 Louisiana Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 624-8741
IBTSHUMAR@aol.com
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