SEIU challenges presidential candidates to spend day with members

Andy Stern, the president of the Service Employees International Union, was in New Hampshire this week to announce a new initiative calling on presidential candidates to eat a family dinner and spend a day at work with one of their union members in Iowa or New Hampshire.

The project, called “Walk A Day In My Shoes,” is aimed at giving presidential candidates a better understanding of the issues facing average workers.

Stern said both Republican and Democratic candidates will be asked to participate. Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, a Democrat who has made a strong appeal to union workers, has already agreed to participate.