"No matter if you voted for President-elect Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain, if you are a union member, small-business owner or retiree, we share one community. We need to play our part to help our elected leaders fulfill their campaign promises," writes SEIU Healthcare and Local 1199NW member Charlotte Anibas in a Seattle Times letter to the editor. "It's time to seize this moment and create the change that working families need."

Read the full letter.