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August 18, 2008
12TH ANNUAL LABOR CANDIDATES SCHOOL
The Eagleton Institute hosted the 12th Annual Labor Candidates School of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO this past weekend, from Saturday, August 16 to Sunday, August 17th. Twenty-two rank-and-file union members running for local office participated in interactive exercises and heard from leading experts on fundraising, election law, research, message development, public speaking, media relations, voter contact, volunteer recruitment, targeting, and get-out-the-vote efforts.
The Labor Candidates School is the cornerstone of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s successful COPE program. Since the New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Candidates program began in 1997, union members have won 499 elections to public office. This years graduates will surely include our 500th union member elected to public office through the labor candidates program!