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AFL-CIO Turn Around America Online Video Competition.

Last summer, retired steelworker Steve Skvara brought 20,000 people to their feet at the AFL-CIO Presidential Forum in Chicago when he told a heart-wrenching story of his family’s health care nightmare.

He asked a very simple question, “What's wrong with America, and what will you do to change it?”

The candidates got their chance to answer — but now it’s your turn.

The AFL-CIO is launching the Turn Around America Online Video Competition to engage and inspire people like you from across the country to tell us how they’d turn our country around.

Pretty much everyone agrees our country is headed in the wrong direction. The big question is: How do we turn it around?

What's not working? What changes would you like to see? And how do we get it done?

Tell us what you think in a short video — expressed through speech, song, comedy, poetry or any other creative format — and submit it.  Click here to submit your short video today.

Most winners will receive cash prizes and selected videos will be featured in television ads.
 
Our panel of celebrity judges will pick several of the winners, while visitors to the website will choose the recipient of the “Our America” award. 

Plus, some of the winning videos will appear in television ads — in part to engage voters and 2008 political candidates in a national dialogue about what is necessary to get America back on track. 

At a time when working people are struggling as never before — home foreclosures, bankruptcies, soaring health care costs, jobs sent overseas — we want to know what you think we should do to turn around America.

AFL-CIO Turn Around America Online Video Competition.

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• Home   Find out what's new and start your site navigation.

• Who We Are    The 2008 Officers of the Federation.

• What We Do   Find out about Federation activities that support you and your local union. 

• Legislative Issues   Working people have an interest in laws the Iowa legislature may pass that affect workers.

• Publications   The Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO publishes its Political Action Update roughly 40 times per year, weekly during the legislative session.  The Iowa AFL-CIO News is published 4-6 times per year.  Additionally, the Federation periodically releases press statements on issues important to working families.

• Links   This page offers a connection to many other sites that working families may find of interest.  From research information to how to talk to kids about unions, the internet offers a wealth of information.

• Scholarship   The Federation offers a graduate assistantship at the University of Iowa, for union members and their children.

• Endorsements   The Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO endorses candidates who support working family issues.  Central Labor Councils from around Iowa recommend candidates for endorsement based on evaluations and candidate responses to questionnaires.   These recommendations are considered and acted upon by representatives of affiliated local unions, state organizations and central labor councils at a state wide convention.

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