Check Your Voter Registration
Here's what you need to know this week:
National Voter Registration Day
Tuesday was National Voter Registration Day. Use the the tool below from the AFL-CIO to check your registration status. You can also request a mail ballot by October 22. Deadline to register is October 5!
Union members know better than anyone how important it is to make our voices heard at the ballot box. Voting is the heart of our democratic process—and our labor movement’s, too. That’s why we’re celebrating National Voter Registration Day, the single largest voter registration day in the country. Today’s the day to make sure your family, co-workers, neighbors and friends who care about electing pro-worker candidates are ready and registered to vote! Many states have voter registration deadlines coming up in the next few weeks, some as early as the first week of October. Will you take a moment to check your voter registration status? |
| CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION |
After you fill out the form, you’ll see voting dates and deadlines for your state—be sure to write them down or take a screenshot! It’s really important to check your voter status early, so you don’t miss any registration deadlines or run into surprises when it’s time to vote. We need every vote this year to send leaders to Washington who will work for the people who make this country run, not the greedy CEOs and billionaires who take all the profits. But the rich and powerful, and their allies in Congress and the White House, are trying to make it harder for working people to vote. This means we have to be more ready and more organized than ever. The first step in making a plan to vote for pro-worker candidates this November is checking and updating your voter registration. Thank you for getting ready to vote in November! In solidarity, Team AFL-CIO |
Here's What's Coming Up:
9/18: Documentary Screening I am Somebody at HCTA
Annually, WCFLC, ASALH, and HCTA join together to watch a movie at the intersection of Black history and labor history. This year, we will watch a 30-minute documentary followed by an open discussion. The documentary is about a hospital strike of four hundred Black women and their union 1199 in Charleston, South Carolina in 1969. You may RSVP here: https://mobilize.us/s/3yo3CG
9/27: Matewan Screening and Q&A with Actor Will Oldham
A one-day-only matinee of the film Matewan is coming to Tampa's Sun-Ray Cinema on Sunday, September 27 at 1:30pm.
"Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, Matewan celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line."
The 2 hour, 12 minute, PG-13 film will be followed by a Q&A with Will Oldham, who plays 16-year-old miner and preacher Danny. Tickets and seat selections can be purchased in advance for $18.13 after taxes and fees.
10/9: The Wash by Powerstories Theatre
Powerstories Theatre is producing a run of the stage play The Wash at The Studio@620 in St. Petersburg October 1-11.
"In 1881, Black laundresses in Atlanta led a strike weeks before the International Cotton Exposition came to town. Demanding $1/dozen pounds of laundry, the Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike of 1881 was one of the largest, successful interracial labor strikes of the post-Civil War era.
The Wash by Kelundra Smith offers an intimate and often funny look at ordinary women who went from workers to fighters and won. With humor, heart, and history, her play celebrates ordinary women who discovered extraordinary strength, transforming from workers into fighters and ultimately changing the course of labor rights in the South."
Powerstories has agreed to a discounted rate of $33 for any of our members who wish to attend the October 9 show at this link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/afl-cio-the-wash-group-rate. You can view all other dates and ticketing information for the run here: https://powerstories.com/the-wash/
That's all for this week! Check out our website at wcflc.org or follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more updates.