AFL-CIO Launches Online Video Contest: Turn-Around America

To Spur National Conversation About Getting America Back On Track

The AFL-CIO has launched the “Turn Around America” video competition - its first-ever online video contest -- and will feature the winners 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.

The video contest, found at www.turnaroundvideocontest.com, is part of a larger AFL-CIO initiative to “Turn Around America” which will run through the summer. The “Turn Around America” initiative will feature major events in battleground states and build grassroots momentum to elect leaders who will fight for health care, good jobs and an economy that works for all.

Participants are invited to submit online videos in any creative form that will answer the question: how to turn around America. The contest will run through May 20 and winners will be announced in early June. Winning videos will be featured on national and local television. Celebrity judges will award cash prizes in a variety of categories, as well as the chance to appear in national TV ads.

For complete biography information, go to www.turnaroundvideocontest.com/judges.php.

Winners will be announced in a dozen cities and states including Philadelphia, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; Denver, Colo.; Detroit, Mich.; Portland, Ore.; New Hampshire; Maine; St. Paul/Minneapolis/Rochester, Minn.; St. Louis, Mo. and Chicago, Ill. These cities and states are where Turn Around America rallies and events are being planned for the summer.

The contest can be accessed at www.turnaroundvideocontest.com.

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