Posted on 08/28/2007 3:55:21 PM PDT by RDTF
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United Transportation Union on Tuesday endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president, the first national union endorsement of the 2008 campaign.
"The UTU has a long history of picking winners early. Hillary will be a president that America's working families can count on. Time and again, as a United States senator, she has stood with us," UTU President Paul Thompson said in a statement.
Clinton is leading in national polls for the Democratic nomination. She said that she was honored to get the endorsement.
"America's workers have been invisible to this administration, and it's time they had an advocate in the White House," said the New York senator.
The UTU, which calls itself the largest railroad operating union in North America, represents 125,000 active and retired members in the railroad, bus and public transit industries.
The UTU also is one of the top political donors in organized labor, contributing $1.3 million in the 2004 federal elections, with 84 percent of the money going to Democratic candidates. The union gave $1.2 million in the 2006 elections, with 89 percent directed to the Democrats in a year in which the party reclaimed the House and Senate from the Republicans.
UTU was fourth on the Center for Responsive Politics' list of top transportation union contributors to political candidates.
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Reason number one hundred and five to vote against Hillary.
Union endorsement of a Democrat is not really indicative of Union membership votes.
Union heads support Clinton. It doesn’t mean rank and file will vote for her. I’m sure the AF of L will support her too but the same goes for them. Only the NEA and NFT will vote for Clinton in mass.
Unions. Sheeple.
This is absolutley true, Union endorsements do not mean membership votes!
Between this and the endorsement today by Fidel Castro, she should be right on her way.
My Dad was member of the Electrical Union and he voted extremely conservative.
quelle suprise
WOW! Who would have thought that?..Every year same thing.
See page 3 of today’s WSJ.
There’s something you don’t see often. Unions voting for Democrats.
The usual suspects endorsing the usual suspects. Yawn.
Of course it did. Won’t make any difference.
It would be instructive to poll the members as to fav candidate.
Unions suck soooooo bad.
They are just putting out a lot of propaganda before she goes under in Sept.
Unions are worthless...
Just saw an excerpt on the Jon Stewart about 15 minutes ago where the hypocritical “b***h” hildebeast was on ranting and raving about how the Admin is using delaying tactics, not forthcoming on info, etc. I kept thinking that “b***h” has got nerve.
A union................supports a democrat...............no way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/sarc
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