Teamsters union to endorse Barack Obama

[Ichingcarpenter]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama is slated to pick up the endorsement of the powerful Teamsters, the second major union endorsement for the Democratic front-runner in a week, union officials told The

Obama will meet with Teamster President James P. Hoffa in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. The endorsement is expected to come soon thereafter, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the planned formal announcement.The Teamsters represent 1.4 million members.

Union support will be key in the Democratic primaries in the next few weeks, particularly in Ohio on March 4 and Pennsylvania on April 22. Ohio and Pennsylvania have some of the nation's largest number of union workers, with more than 15 percent of the workforce unionized in Pennsylvania and just over 14 percent in Ohio.

The endorsement from the Teamsters is Obama's third from organized labor in a week. The 1.9-million member Service Employees International Union endorsed the Illinois senator last Friday, and the smaller United Food and Commercial Workers endorsed him last Thursday.

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[vi5]

1. More latte drinking, birkenstock wearers...

sigh....when will people realize that's Obama's only appeal. Clearly this proves it.

[From The Left]

4. Then Run Along and Vote for McCain

BUMP

[vi5]

5. Umm......

I was going to add a sarcasm tag to my post but figured nobody could possibly think I was seriously stating that Teamsters were latte drinking birkenstock wearers. You know, because that one Clinton person said.....and these guys are clearly not....oh never mind.

[grace0418]

8. I knew what you meant.

No sarcasm smiley seemed necessary to me either. :hi:

[roguevalley]

11. I saw your sarcasm, honey. :-D

[IndianaGreen]

9. I know you are being sarcastic, and...

that was what Deniacs were called 4 years ago.

:-)

[vi5]

12. Actually it was fresher in my mind...

..because that one Hillary supporter used the same terms yesterday. But yes, I remember that line against Dean as well.

[Infinite Hope]

2. I had problems earlier with the yahoo link so here's another just in case:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hA-lO0aMBY4_2VWe9kFLmo4p6aQwD8UU6Q3O1

[From The Left]

3. CONGRATS BARACK!

Gee, just 6 months ago, the pundits along with Hillary's Harpies said the unions belonged to the Clintons. Talk about a reversaal of fortunes.

[Winterblues]

6. They endorsed Bush* last time

I don't think much of the teamsters so to me this endorsement is more harmful than good. The teamsters built their new Labor hall in Houston with Scab labor so it wouldn't cost too much. Tells a lot about that organization..

[leftofcool]

7. They don't have

a very good reputation and haven't been credible in quite some time but I hope this helps Obama.

Left of Cool

[OhioChick]

10. Good!

:thumbsup: