Subject: Re: FINAL: Longshoremen endorsement/organizing event tomorrow
From: "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Cc: Nikki Budzinski <[email-masked]>, Connolly Keigher <[email-masked]>, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>, Maya Harris <[email-masked]>, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>, Speech Drafts <[email-masked]>, Clay Middleton <[email-masked]>, Speech Book <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 14:38:35 -0400

I'm with Podesta on this one!! Especially right now with workers' right to
organize under such severe attack - we should be calling it a civil right
as a way of making the urgency and seriousness clear and compelling.

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 2:12 PM, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> By the way, I think the right to organize is a civil right and so did FDR.
>
>
> On Saturday, October 31, 2015, Nikki Budzinski <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Apologies, next time I'll be more careful to run by any language like
>> this...
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Connolly Keigher <
>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> Done. Huma, I have the for delivery version for her speechbox.
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The line is weird. We can cross off version we have in car.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> We're on our way to event now. Tough to change unless really urgent. I'd
>> say there's a relatively low chance of her sticking to these remarks
>> anyway. But let me know and I'll try to intercept if needed.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 31, 2015, at 9:51 AM, Maya Harris <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Megan, has event already happened?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Am I the only one who that strikes as odd?  I think people equate civil
>>> rights with the civil rights movement and I’m just a little worried that
>>> using that for the right to organize may strike some people as an overreach
>>> or equating the struggle of unions with the struggle for justice for
>>> African Americans.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe I’m overthinking this but it just hit me as a bit off this
>>> morning.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Nikki Budzinski [mailto:[email-masked]]
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 31, 2015 9:41 AM
>>> *To:* Joel Benenson
>>> *Cc:* Megan Rooney; Speech Drafts; Clay Middleton; Speech Book
>>> *Subject:* Re: FINAL: Longshoremen endorsement/organizing event tomorrow
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No she hasn't.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 31, 2015, at 8:38 AM, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry I know this is a final.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Has she said before that “the right to organize is a civil right?”
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* [email-masked] [
>>> mailto:[email-masked]] *On Behalf Of *Megan Rooney
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:50 AM
>>> *To:* Speech Drafts; Nikki Budzinski; Clay Middleton; Speech Book
>>> *Subject:* FINAL: Longshoremen endorsement/organizing event tomorrow
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is final.  Regular and large versions attached.  Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Megan Rooney <
>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>> This is ready for the book.  Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Megan Rooney <
>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all -- here's a draft for tomorrow in Charleston.  This is kind of a
>>> hybrid event -- it's got a labor angle, but there will be a bigger audience
>>> there, and SC would like her to talk more broadly about the campaign.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So this starts with a strong labor message at the start.  Then it goes
>>> into the stump.  There's a bit in there about Charleston and guns.
>>> Otherwise, a lot of this should look familiar to all of you.  Perhaps more
>>> importantly, it tracks with what she's been saying recently so it'll look
>>> familiar to her.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I've got to get this to the book soon so please send me edits as soon as
>>> you can.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

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Ann O'Leary
Senior Policy Advisor
Hillary for America
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