At last night's town hall debate we heard directly from the American people--families are struggling and they want solutions to fix the economy and bring down healthcare costs.

I wanted to send a quick note highlighting SEIU members who are available to discuss the challenges facing working families and why they believe Barack Obama is the only candidate with a plan to turn the economy around and provide access to affordable healthcare for all.

More than 1,400 SEIU members have taken time off their jobs and 100,000 nurses, janitors, child care providers, and other workers will be volunteering after work and on weekends to win on November 4^th.

Feel free to contact me at 202-730-7759 if you'd like to talk to an SEIU member doing political work.

Gene Taylor, Concord, New Hampshire

Gene Taylor is a software engineer in Concord who voted for John McCain in 2000. Gene's mom doesn't have healthcare and his dad, a realtor, was hit hard by the housing crisis and had to get a second job just to have healthcare and enough money to pay the bills.

Gene said that Barack Obama is the only candidate talking about real solutions to help his family get by, while John McCain is just supporting the same failed policies of George Bush. Gene knew he had to get involved. This year:

 Now Gene is taking time off his job to make sure every union member in New Hampshire turns out to vote for Barack Obama in November.

Stacey Gallick, Columbus, Ohio

Stacey is a homecare worker in Columbus. Stacey has no healthcare coverage and her home is currently in foreclosure. She recently found out the state was cutting her pay drastically--making it impossible to afford even the bare essentials. When Stacey gets sick, her treatment plan is hoping it will just go away on its own.

Stacey has devoted her life to helping people. She says she just wants a president who respects the work that she does by giving her access to affordable healthcare and ensuring that her paycheck covers the basics. Stacey is working hard to make sure Ohio goes for Obama on Election Day because her future depends on it.

Betsy Povtak, Montgomery County, MD

Betsy is a professional growth consultant with Montgomery County Public Schools and a mother of three grown kids. Before this election, Betsy had never canvassed in her life. But she joined her co-workers from SEIU Local 500 on a trip down to Norfolk, VA to register new voters because she knew she had to get involved.

Betsy is amazed by the excitement around this election. She says children would see her, shout "I'm voting for Obama", and go drag their parents out of the house to talk to her. One woman called her neighbor on the phone to come over and register to vote while Betsy waited on her porch. Another woman told Betsy she was having a sleepover the night before the election so she could drive them all to the polls in the morning.

Betsy's co-workers have similar stories--one of them registered a 98-year-old woman in a nursing home to vote for the first time in her life. Betsy will continue her trips to Virginia to help turn these new voters out to vote for Obama.