2020 Membership Open House Report Back
On February 1, 2020 Southwest Workers Union hosted our first member meeting of the year to discuss the political moment we're navigating as well as look over the work plan to see where members felt the most excitement and energy to organize. We started off with an amazing vegan breakfast by SWU staff, and shared a video featuring Selene Garcia of SWU's Youth Leadership Organizing (YLO) filmed for Climate Justice Alliance sharing the words of frontline youth fighting for a b
2020 Voter Engagement Promotorx Campaign Begins
Tonight our integrated voter engagement (IVE) promotorxs hit the phones for the start of our 21-day Get Out the Vote campaign! Tonight we focused on all our SWU members and supporters! Tomorrow we’ll start calling Districts 2 & 4. Our ask is simple, to commit folks to go vote in the presidential primaries. We’re also polling registered voters about funding for the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program and our transit system. With all eyes on Iowa, at SWU we recognize that voting
