UFCW Rocks Voter Registration
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L to R: Marcy Fonseca, intern, “I think it’s important for younger people to have a voice in what’s going on in this country.”
Jonathan Carney, 16 year-old volunteer, “Voting is a privilege, in other countries, people aren’t able to vote. We don’t have a dictatorship.”
Elias Kean, organizer, “We’re the future, and the country needs to change.”
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UFCW Rocks and Rock the Vote have teamed up to register young union workers across the United States. UFCW Region 2 held its annual Mid Atlantic Regional Council conference in Ocean City, Maryland, and ten volunteers turned out to hit Super Fresh Grocery Store parking lots instead of the beach. These folks picked up clip boards instead of surf boards because they recognize the importance of young voters in the upcoming election.
UFCW was on the streets with Rock the Vote in Boston hitting up local malls and hot hang-out spots to hook young people up with voter registration forms. While the Democratic National Convention was going on, Rock the Vote was making sure young Bostonians could make their voices heard in the next election. With chants, marches and celebrities like Art Alexakis from Everclear, Rock the Vote got the word out to young people that voting this November is cool.
At two Farmer Jack stores in Detroit, UFCW Local 876 ushered the Rock the Vote bus onto parking lots to register shoppers and union members to vote. With the Rock the Vote Bus team, interns from the local stressed the importance of getting out and voting. UFCW Local 876 Intern Andronika Calloway stressed that, “I think it’s important to get all young people, and older people, registered out there to vote. It’s a very important election and our votes matter. Some people say they don’t, but they DO.”
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| Local 876 volunteers sign up a new voter! |
LaNiece Robinson, a Local 876 member said, “In order to make a difference, in what you believe should be done, you’ve gotta vote. In order to complain tomorrow, you have to vote today!” LaNiece wants to tell other UFCW members, “Try and make a difference, VOTE!”
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