McGinty Wins UFCW Endorsement

[Freddie Stubbs]

Katie McGinty has secured yet another labor endorsement.

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1776 is backing McGinty’s campaign for U.S. Senate.

“Katie is the candidate running for U.S. Senate that stands out when it comes to understanding and addressing the needs of hard-working people,” said Wendell Young. “She has played an important role in Governor Wolf’s Administration and will bring significant knowledge and experience to the U.S. Senate. Katie stands with us shoulder-to-shoulder on important issues like increasing the minimum wage and protecting the right of workers to join a union. I know she will be able to deliver for Pennsylvania’s working families because of her proven track record of solving problems.”

Local 1776 represents 21,000 workers throughout the Philadelphia area.

http://www.politicspa.com/pa-sen-mcginty-wins-ufcw-endorsement/70537/

[blue neen]

1. This is an important endorsement for Katie.

We have two great Democratic candidates running for spring primary for Senate, Katie McGinty and Joe Sestak. Either one would represent PA very well, a far cry from what Pat Toomey is doing.

We saw from this November's elections how much outside Republicans were willing to spend in PA. That didn't turn out to well for them, bu they don't seem to care. There's always more cash where that came from.

Pat Toomey has an absolute war chest, money-wise. It is going to take a lot of money to beat him.

We'll see what happens....

[Number9Dream]

2. McGinty's pro-fracking ties, documented by Divernan (below), are a negative for me

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10747018

That aside, any Democrat is far better than Toomey.