And for the most part, we get a positive reception. What I've found is, it works best if you can really initiate a conversation and hold it at length. When you go through it, and you explain it, then people tend to get more enthused. And most people do sign the petition. One of the big issues for our members is that the Post office is trying to privatize doing the mail.
People seem to really get that.
And what we want to do soon is to have a few of us get together and sit at the picnic tables just outside the facility, and catch people coming in and out work. Then we can maybe reach a few people at a time and really engage them. Together these unions represent hundreds of thousands of miners, railworkers and public employees. All three unions had endorsed the Labor Party. But by affiliating, the unions pledged their financial and organizational support for the Labor Party.