AFSCME in San Francisco – Al Gore Goes Green

by   |  July 31, 2008

Day 3 of AFSCME’s 38th International Convention: Former Vice President, Nobel Prize Laureate and winner of the 2002 presidential election Al Gore addressed AFSCME’s 38th International Convention, where he was warmly and enthusiastically welcomed by the Green Machine. Gore spoke of his long history with AFSCME, the importance of public services, the environmental crisis the world faces and and our ability to save the planet through the use of renewable resources. And he talked of the need for change in Washington, saying, “The only obstacle to accomplishing change is political will, but in the United States of America political will is a renewable resource.” On AFSCME’s role in making that change happen he said, “Over the years, I've repeated the slogan that I learned from my father and you've heard this so many times before: 'Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and organize.' That is a big part of what we count on you all to do and what I want to help you do."