Pittsburgh  – As the final week of the campaign begins, the United Steelworkers (USW) is proud to announce that it has enlisted more than 10,000 volunteer activists from among the union’s ranks to help elect Barack Obama as the next president of the United States.

The largest industrial union in North America reached the milestone this past weekend, and it was announced by International President Leo W. Gerard during a stop on the Steel Blitz for Barack bus tour, one of many Steelworkers’ pro-Obama efforts across the country.

Other efforts of the 850,000-member union include member-to-member phone banking, neighborhood block walking, leafleting, rallies and voter protection. Read more of this story here.