The AFL-CIO launched the “Turn Around America” video competition — its first-ever online video contest — and will feature the winners in television ads in part to engage voters and 2008 political candidates in a national dialogue about what is necessary to get America back on track.

The video contest is part of a larger AFL-CIO initiative to “Turn Around America” which will run through the summer. The “Turn Around America” initiative will feature major events in battleground states and build grassroots momentum to elect leaders who will fight for health care, good jobs and an economy that works for all. The idea was inspired by retired Steelworker Steve Skvara’s question last summer at the AFL-CIO presidential forum — “What’s wrong with America and what will you do to change it?”

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