{"id":24193,"date":"2015-10-09T10:01:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T14:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=20598"},"modified":"2020-08-24T19:10:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:10:51","slug":"ufcw-launches-answermyquestion2016-grassroots-campaign-calling-on-presidential-candidates-to-answer-questions-that-matter-to-the-american-people","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-launches-answermyquestion2016-grassroots-campaign-calling-on-presidential-candidates-to-answer-questions-that-matter-to-the-american-people\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Launches #AnswerMyQuestion2016 Grassroots Campaign Calling on Presidential Candidates to Answer Questions that Matter to the American People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/UFCWnews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/UFCWnews.jpg\" alt=\"UFCWnews\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a>For Immediate Release <\/strong>October 9, 2015<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:press@www.ufcw.org\">press@www.ufcw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>#AnswerMyQuestion Initiative Will Pose Questions to all 2016 Candidates, beginning with Upcoming Democratic Debate, and Aims to Hold Them Accountable to Hardworking Men and Women<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the largest private sector union in the nation, launched an online grassroots social media campaign asking UFCW members and other hardworking men and women to submit their questions and concerns to 2016 presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the #AnswerMyQuestions2016 campaign is to pressure 2016 presidential candidates, Democrat and Republican, to answer the tough questions that truly matter to our members and all hard-working families \u2013 whether they are union members or not.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase of the #answermyquestion2016 initiative will focus on Democratic candidates participating in their first debate in Las Vegas, which will air October 13<sup>th<\/sup> at 8:30pm EST on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Using the hashtags #AnswerMyQuestion2016 and #DemDebate, UFCW members, supporters, and everyday Americans will be encouraged to submit any questions they have for Hilary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O\u2019Malley, Jim Webb, and Lincoln Chafee. Questions asked through tweets, photos, videos, and all other forms of social media creativity will be accepted \u2013 if it is hash tagged, we will find it.<\/p>\n<p>As part of an effort to focus the debate on the issues that matter to hard-working families, questions will also be submitted to CNN and posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/ufcw.tumblr.com\/\">UFCW\u2019s Tumblr page<\/a> (ufcw.tumblr.com).<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this effort is to ensure that candidates are answering real questions from real people and are held accountable for how they will better the lives of everyday Americans if they become President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\">United Food and Commercial Workers International Union<\/a> (UFCW) online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\">www.ufcw.org<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We are 1.3 million families standing together to build an economy that every hard-working family earns and deserves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UFCWinternational\">www.facebook.com\/UFCWinternational<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/UFCW\">@UFCW<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release October 9, 2015 Contact: press@www.ufcw.org \u00a0#AnswerMyQuestion Initiative Will Pose Questions to all 2016 Candidates, beginning with Upcoming Democratic Debate, and Aims to Hold Them Accountable to Hardworking Men and Women Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the largest private sector union in the nation, launched an online [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":197,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24193","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Launches #AnswerMyQuestion2016 Grassroots Campaign Calling on Presidential Candidates to Answer Questions that Matter to the American People - The United Food &amp; 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