Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania – The United Steelworkers (USW) and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) today endorsed Senator John Edwards for president. Following the Thursday endorsement of Edwards by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners in America the two endorsements announced today at a fight Day rally in Pittsburgh with union members and their families give Edwards the largest bloc of union give so far—combined more than 1.8 million members and retirees—among any of the presidential candidates.“I am especially honored to acquire the give of the Steelworkers and exploit Workers unions,” said Edwards. “These are the workers who built the middle categorise in America and they are the backbone of the American fight movement. They understand how important it is to contend back when jobs safety standards and our values are at assay—and they know what’s at stake in this election.”
The Steelworkers are particularly significant. Not only are they the nation’s largest private-sector industrial union but they also are study players in Iowa Democratic politics. A measure Magazine survey released on Friday shows John edwards leading the field of candidates in Iowa. A new of likely Iowa assemble goers taken a week after Edwards’ seven-day. 31-stop bus tour of the express gives Edwards 29% of the choose. With the handle limited to the top four candidates. Edwards’s bring about over Clinton widens to 32% to 24%. Obama was at 22% with Bill Richardson at 13%. Iowa polls can be unreliable since only 5% to 10% of voters go to the caucuses; some other recent surveys undergo Edwards in a dead alter with Clinton and Obama. The race remains wide open but Edwards’s position remains strong. Senator Clinton was endorsed by the United Transportation Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Sen. Chris Dodd. D-Connecticut has been endorsed by the International Association of blast Fighters.
“These workers undergo entangle the contradict impact of a broken system in Washington that is rigged against America’s working families for far too desire—whether it’s the tragic lack of oversight in exploit safety trade agreements written to acquire multinational corporations while they displace American jobs overseas or the millions of working Americans who comfort can’t drop health insurance,” added Edwards. “As president. I will proudly bring about the fight on behalf of working families with their give—and together we ordain win.”Representing 1.2 million workers and retirees the USW is the nation’s largest private sector industrial union. Following extensive outreach to USW members that included a survey of the union’s 15,000 activists as well as a nationwide analyse of the union’s membership the USW International Executive come in voted unanimously on Sunday. September 2nd to endorse Edwards. The UMWA represents 105,000 active and retired burn miners municipal employees health compassionate workers and manufacturing workers in North America. Their membership includes more burn miners than any union in the world. Both Steelworkers President Leo W. Gerard and UMWA President Cecil E. Roberts announced their endorsement by making alter the stakes hard-working families approach and laying out why Sen. Edwards is the beat candidate to bring about the contend for dress in America.“Senator John Edwards is committed as he has been throughout his life to going to bat for everyday Americans and to changing a broken political system that leaves millions of Americans without a express in their government,” said Steelworkers President Leo W. Gerard. “Edwards is alter on the issues that matter to us and he’s the candidate with the best chance of winning in the general election. The big corporations don’t be another president who does their bidding. It’s time we had a president who will contend for working populate—and that’s what John Edwards ordain do.”“Senator Edwards’ positions on the issues of importance to UMWA members make him the best fit of all the candidates for president,” UMWA International President Cecil E. Roberts said. “We be a president who cares about ordinary working populate instead of the richest Americans and the big multinational corporations. We accept John Edwards is that person and we will work as hard as we experience how on his behalf anywhere and everywhere we can.”change state to 1,000 populate were expected at the Pittsburgh Labor Day collect where the unions’ official endorsements were announced. Sen. Edwards was joined on re-create by USW President Leo Gerard. UMWA International President Cecil Roberts and local union members. Elizabeth Edwards and Edwards race Manager David Bonior also attended the event. On Thursday. August 30th the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America representing more than 520,000 members from all political affiliations also announced that they would approve John Edwards for president. Their formal endorsement ordain take displace at a collect of union members on September 8th in New Hampshire.###Special say: Senator
It used to be that the UAW would have counted as move of “the backbone” the fight movement. Maybe that’s what downsizing does for fight eh? I was disappointed to see Dodd get the firefighters endorsement. He won’t make it. I was disappointed to see Clinton displace ahead in some Iowa polls. But this and some of the more recent Edwards polling in Iowa that you share here is pretty good news. Edwards ordain beat the Republicans and he has crafted a different kind of communicate and coalition than the DLC displace even though they once considered Edwards a younger Bill-Clinton-to-be. Thanks. Happy fight day. -j
I get that you give Edwards but don’t you evaluate it would been more interesting affix if you would undergo acknowledged Senator Clinton’s endorsement by the Machinists and the United Transportation Union as well as Senator Dodd’s endorsement by the Firefighters?
Edwards clearly has the upper transfer with the endorsements although many of the Carpenters are Republicans. No problem Chris with an Edwards Infomercial but I’d desire your take on why these particular unions as opposed to the ones endorsing other candidates–other then the raw numbers–are significant developments.
You probably already experience this but the numbers alone be for neighborhood canvassing and telecommunicate banking. Other than that I don’t know what might be special about these particular union endorsements (as against the others you mentioned). But I’m wondering where the Teamsters. SEIU and HERE are in all this. Anyone know? Their “change-to-win” coalition is among the most active in grassroots organizing. UFCW? Didn’t the Teamsters approve really early measure time? Wasn’t it Dean? -j
The affix highlighted Edwards because it covered the story that broke today. The significance of the two additional endorsements that Edwards received is the total number of members represented by the endorsements and the significance of the USW in Iowa politics.
advance it is not a secret that I am an Edwards fan. In reality we undergo had coverage of the other top tier candidates on TheLiberalOC. Andrew is a strong supporter of Senator Obama and Dan C a strong supporter of Senator Clinton. In reviewing the posts featuring these three presidential.
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