Hillary Clinton wins endorsement of federal workers' union

[sufrommich]

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday won the endorsement of a union representing federal workers, adding to her labor advantage over rival Bernie Sanders.

American Federation of Government Employees union said it was backing Clinton, a former secretary of state, over the Vermont senator in the Democratic primaries. The union represents 670,000 workers in the federal government and District of Columbia government.

"These are both great people, I want to say that up front, but Secretary Clinton is the most powerful, she is the one who could drive an agenda and be a fighter for federal employees," said J. David Cox Sr., the union's national president.

Cox said Clinton was best positioned to help the union's workers achieve higher wages, and he noted the lack of a pay increase in three years.


http://www.nwherald.com/2015/12/10/hillary-clinton-wins-endorsement-of-federal-workers-union/am5wtwy/

[MeNMyVolt]

1. Happy to be the first rec!

[riversedge]

2. and for that you get the treat.....

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[Cha]

6. Gingerbread H 2016 cookies! Yumm!

[riversedge]

14. yes, with lots of molasses

[ismnotwasm]

16. That's really cute--love it

[MeNMyVolt]

32. Those are so cool!

[Agschmid]

3. Second!

[JaneyVee]

4. K AND R!

[Cha]

5. These are both great people, I want to say that up front, but Secretary Clinton is the most powerful

she is the one who could drive an agenda and be a fighter for federal employees," said J. David Cox Sr., the union's national president."

Yeah! that's what we've been sayin'!

Thank you su from mich!

[JonLeibowitz]

8. It was sad to see the labor leader exclude O'Malley by using the word "both"

[ismnotwasm]

17. True

I am and will remain a strong Clinton supporter--but O'Malley--I'd love to see him in the Whitehouse. I don't think he'll get the traction he needs this cycle, but he hits every note, and has the most comprehensive platform--by comprehensive I mean detail--of all the candidates.

[Armstead]

9. Yeah wait until she gets in and becomes a deficit hawk

and let's hope she disagrees with her husband. "The era of big government is over."

[randys1]

26. Bernie is making it harder and harder for Hillary or any conservative

from either party to continue to shit on everybody.

Bernie is making a difference regardless of the outcome of the campaign.

The job will be YOURS and ours when the election is over, to pressure the WH to do the right thing.

[Armstead]

27. I hope that works better than it has for the last 25 years

[workinclasszero]

7. K&R

[Cha]

10. This is a powerful endorsement! I don't care what little snpies any BS supporters have to say about

any damn thing.

All you do is get on a positive Hillary thread and snipe snipe snipe. Means absolutely nothing.. less than nothing.

[NurseJackie]

11. YET ANOTHER ONE?! :-D (Well now she's just showing off!)

It looks like she's just intentionally "running up the score" to embarrass Bernie and his fans. I checked, but I could find no "mercy rule" that applies to politics. Bernie's fans better get busy with those online polls, because the clock is running out.

[Cha]

15. LOL

[Walk away]

29. Hey they will always have Time Magazine Person of the year (internet click poll only...

and no cover.) No one can take that away from them!

[NurseJackie]

31. LOL ... You're correct! :-D

[cosmicone]

12. kick n/t

[ismnotwasm]

13. K&R

[oasis]

18. Hundreds of thousands more union families campaigning for Hillary.

No group is better at getting the vote out than unions.

[NurseJackie]

21. It's not only the honor of the endorsement ...

... but also the money, human resources, machinery and ground game resources that the union endorsement provides.

Hillary has an embarrassment of riches ... her cup overfloweth ... little wonder that Bernie's fans are so dismissive about endorsements like this. It looks like jealousy to me.

[oasis]

22. I disagree on only one point.

It's not "jealousy", it's "denial".

[NurseJackie]

30. I'll happily concede that point ...

... you're absolutely correct. :-D

[R B Garr]

19. K&R .

[misterhighwasted]

20. Another Union goes all-in for Hillary! Not surprised, but delighted.

[SidDithers]

23. But rank and file!! Facebook!!...

DU rec.

Sid

[Starry Messenger]

24. RIP, their FB page.

[William769]

25. Kick & highly recommended!

Unions are going heavily for Hillary!

[Thinkingabout]

28. Union members understands their greatness comes from strong links, sticking together.

This will build a strong Democratic party also, sticking together and getting the job done.

[Alfresco]

33. A Union Strong Kick

[leftofcool]

34. Good on the unions!