AP: Clinton still has more union support
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Tags: AFL-CIO, AP, Barack Obama, Endorsements, Hillary Clinton, labor, Unions
Tags: AFL-CIO, AP, Barack Obama, Endorsements, Hillary Clinton, labor, Unions
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By JESSE J. HOLLAND, AP Labor Writer
Thu May 15
But there is still a major union plum to be had, the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor organization.
The AFL-CIO and its 56 unions expect to spend an estimated $200 million on the presidential and congressional elections. However, the labor federation is still nowhere close to making an endorsement, focusing its energies instead on presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.
To win its formal backing, a candidate must have support from two-thirds of the union's 10 million members.
Including the Steelworkers, Obama has been endorsed by nine AFL-CIO unions and four unions from Change to Win, a rival labor organization.
Clinton still has more union support, having been endorsed by 13 AFL-CIO unions and Change to Win's United Farm Workers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_el_pr/unions_democrats
By JESSE J. HOLLAND, AP Labor Writer
Thu May 15
But there is still a major union plum to be had, the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor organization.
The AFL-CIO and its 56 unions expect to spend an estimated $200 million on the presidential and congressional elections. However, the labor federation is still nowhere close to making an endorsement, focusing its energies instead on presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.
To win its formal backing, a candidate must have support from two-thirds of the union's 10 million members.
Including the Steelworkers, Obama has been endorsed by nine AFL-CIO unions and four unions from Change to Win, a rival labor organization.
Clinton still has more union support, having been endorsed by 13 AFL-CIO unions and Change to Win's United Farm Workers.
The American Federation of Teachers support Hillary... to me that says it all.
But I will tell you a secret...shhhhhh
IT IS NOT YOUR VOTE WHO ELECTS THE CADIDATES...CORPORATE AMERICA, EMPIRES, OTHERS UNSEEN BY YOU, ME, MOST CITIZENS.
But be careful...the truth might be known sooner than you think.