Our future is at stake in this election as it has been in no other.

In the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Sept. 26, Sec. Clinton spent the better part of the evening fending off halftruths and lies. Instead of debating the facts of his platform, Donald Trump resorted to bullying, yelling and personal insults. This was no surprise. Delivered in his bluster was a self-serving platform designed to benefit already-thriving multi-national corporations and the one percent. His positions would set working people back decades and endanger international relations.

That’s why on Sept. 24 thousands of 1199SEIU members fanned out across critical swing states including Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Hampshire as Weekend Warriors. They were registering voters and recruiting volunteers and make sure Hillary Clinton is elected as our next President. Massachusetts members got a sendoff from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who joined them for their kickoff in Manchester, New Hampshire. In Pennsylvania, hundreds of NYC members fanned out across Philadelphia. Leah Holland, an LPN from Brooklyn Gardens NH brought her four kids for the GOTV effort. “This is not just another election year,” she explained. “This election is about protecting our children and our voting rights. It’s about getting the right person in office so we can protect the future for all of us.” Protecting voting rights, immigrant rights and economic and racial justice are all in the front of people’s minds as Election Day draws closer. “Donald Trump is bringing back the old ways of hate to the U.S. when we should be as one,” says Beverley Miller, a CNA at Rosewood Gardens in Rensselear, N.Y. Mr. Trump’s description of the nation’s borders as revolving doors for illegal immigration and corporations fleeing torturous tax burdens becomes all the more laughable when companies like Rite Aid boast of billions in profits as they try to gut our members’ health benefits. When he casts cities as more dangerous than Afghanistan war zones, it’s hard to weigh the greater insult: to our veterans and active-duty armed forces or to cities and their residents for his continuing dog whistle descriptions of urban life.

So as members continue the vital work of the Union over the next weeks and months—negotiating and enforcing our contracts and new organizing – they’ll also be making sure the right candidates win and lose on Election Day. Members understand there’s too much at stake on every front. “We can’t let Trump win. He tells too many lies,” said home health aide Xue Shen Ren, as she canvassed in Philadelphia’s Chinatown Sept. 26. “He tries to sound brilliant, but he’s not saying anything. It’s just too dangerous for the country.”