The Shirt Off Her Back

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

“Do you have any stickers?” asked home repair workers as labor walk volunteers Trish Gilbert and John Arnold hit the doors in Arlington, VA today. With no Obama stickers in hand, Gilbert gave the workers the next best thing: the shirt off her back. The distinctive bright yellow National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) GOTV t-shirt was much appreciated by the workers, and Gilbert promised “I’ll be back here later and will make sure to bring you some stickers.” Gilbert and Arnold are in Virginia to finish off a whirlwind NATCA Labor 2008 effort that put hundreds of volunteers in the field across the country. - report/photo by Andy Richards