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Historic NY

(37,453 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 03:00 PM Jan 2016

The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union endorses Hillary Clinton

UFCW HIGHLIGHTS LENGTHY MEMBER DRIVEN ENDORSEMENT PROCESS IN ORDER TO SELECT STRONGEST 2016 CANDIDATE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since last year, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), the largest private sector union in the nation, has actively engaged and reached out to its 1.3 million diverse members about the issues they care about, and the positions they believe

Since last year, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), the largest private sector union in the nation, has actively engaged and reached out to its 1.3 million diverse members about the issues they care about, and the positions they believe the next President of the United States should embody. Based on the collective opinion of our members, the UFCW is announcing today its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President of the United States.

Today’s announcement reflects a yearlong commitment made by the UFCW to pursue a thorough presidential endorsement process. As part of this effort, the UFCW conducted a series of nationwide meetings with current members and Local UFCW officers, internal polls of our union members, as well as focus groups with working and middle class non-union families from across the country who currently work or have worked in retail, to determine the issues that matter most to UFCW members and the workers the UFCW fights for every day.

Based on these results, as well as additional discussions with UFCW Local Presidents and the UFCW Executive Board, the collective decision was that Hillary Clinton is indeed the best qualified and positioned candidate to win in 2016 and fight for the issues – such as job security, fair scheduling, paid leave, raising wages, immigration and health care reform – that matter most to our diverse union family.

http://www.ufcw.org/2016/01/12/ufcwendorsesclinton/

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The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union endorses Hillary Clinton (Original Post) Historic NY Jan 2016 OP
K & R Iliyah Jan 2016 #1
She must be playing the union card! yallerdawg Jan 2016 #2
But-But-But did the MEMBERS vote on it? Or just the corporatist, sell-out execs? BlueCaliDem Jan 2016 #3
It wasn't internet polling where I can clicky click all day long - LOL Iliyah Jan 2016 #4
The ironic thing is they say right in the press release they used internet polls for members Godhumor Jan 2016 #5
And you can BET that ticks them off real good. BlueCaliDem Jan 2016 #6
K&R! stonecutter357 Jan 2016 #7
Will BS supporters now have a food fight? William769 Jan 2016 #8
LOL.. Yay Hillary gets the UFCW Endorsement! Cha Jan 2016 #11
Oligarchs!!!!!!! dlwickham Jan 2016 #9
They're all just 1%ers leftofcool Jan 2016 #10

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
2. She must be playing the union card!
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 03:10 PM
Jan 2016
“Looking ahead to the fall, we are dedicated to mobilizing all our 1.3 million members across every state to help make Hillary Clinton the next President of the United States.”

Along with millions of other union members!

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
5. The ironic thing is they say right in the press release they used internet polls for members
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 03:24 PM
Jan 2016

But somehow I think this announcement would get swallowed up today in GDP.

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