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AFL-CIO Endorses Keith Ellison to Lead DNC
AFL-CIO ^ | December 8, 2016 | AFL-CIO

Posted on 12/09/2016 10:23:54 AM PST by mdittmar

The Executive Council of the 12.5 million member AFL-CIO has voted overwhelmingly to endorse Representative Keith Ellison to lead the Democratic National Committee. Over the last few weeks, several candidates have sought the endorsement of the AFL-CIO and met personally with members of the Political Committee, which ultimately recommended the endorsement.

“Representative Ellison meets the high standard working people expect from leaders of our political parties,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. “He is a proven leader who will focus on year-round grassroots organizing to deliver for working families across America. Under his leadership, the Democratic Party will embody the values that our members stand for every day.”

"The AFL-CIO knows the challenges facing America’s working families and how to speak to working Americans of all colors, genders, and backgrounds,” said Ellison. “I am proud to be on their side and I am even prouder that the AFL-CIO is on mine. Workers will be central to the Democratic Party.”

Many unions of the AFL-CIO have leaders as well as rank-and-file members on the DNC. However, the AFL-CIO does not have a direct affiliation with any political party and membership includes those across the political spectrum. The endorsement of DNC Chair is a reflection of the values of AFL-CIO members and the vote among their representatives.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aflcio; biglabor; dnc; ellison; unions
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1 posted on 12/09/2016 10:23:54 AM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Yey! Self-destruction!


2 posted on 12/09/2016 10:25:06 AM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: mdittmar

Well that pretty much cements the AFL-CIO Socialist/Communist credentials.


3 posted on 12/09/2016 10:25:56 AM PST by DAC21 (in)
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To: knighthawk

Dear AFL-CIO;
Let my people go!
God


4 posted on 12/09/2016 10:26:34 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Where's Hillary?)
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To: mdittmar

Birds of a feather


5 posted on 12/09/2016 10:29:12 AM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: mdittmar

Note that the AFL-CIO overtly thinks of itself as a functional part of the Democratic Party, which is what they are and which is how Trump should treat them.


6 posted on 12/09/2016 10:31:24 AM PST by edwinland
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To: mdittmar

the communist/IslamoNazi alliance to destroy America

CONTINUES
and

it is right out in the open (as it has been since 2008, of course)

we used to think they’d try to hide it. no longer. they think they can finish destroying USA ...OPENLY.


7 posted on 12/09/2016 10:33:04 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: edwinland

Richard Trumka is a bonefide terrorist. His United Mine Workers went on strike and by standards of today, terrorized SW Virginia in their ‘88-’89 strike


8 posted on 12/09/2016 10:35:38 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: mdittmar

EXCELLENT !!


9 posted on 12/09/2016 10:37:34 AM PST by oldplayer
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To: mdittmar

Democratic Islamic National Committee ,DINC


10 posted on 12/09/2016 10:44:19 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: mdittmar

When the Trump economy takes off, these people will be BEGGING for jobs and contracts. Hopefully they will be denied!


11 posted on 12/09/2016 10:45:22 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: knighthawk

Do it. Yay Keith. Rah rah rah. How’s that Democrat plantation working for ya, American Jews?


12 posted on 12/09/2016 10:47:38 AM PST by Luke21
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To: mdittmar

I am so hoping they put Ellison in as DNC chair, they will be clearly identified as the party of Allah(Satan)


13 posted on 12/09/2016 10:50:12 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: knighthawk
Yey! Self-destruction!

Absolutely, but if you are in a bubble...
14 posted on 12/09/2016 10:50:56 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: mdittmar

union doubles down on full batsh@#! muslim.

we keep winning.


15 posted on 12/09/2016 11:03:31 AM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: mdittmar

Predictable. The democrat party has sold its soul to the unions and the muzlims.


16 posted on 12/09/2016 11:08:22 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

And when the next 9/11-event comes, the Democrats will be asking themselves what went wrong.

1/2 of this country went insane after 9/11/2001. We saw that by November 8, 2008. Just 7 years or so.


17 posted on 12/09/2016 11:11:46 AM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: mdittmar

They’re frickin nuts. All the way nuts.


18 posted on 12/09/2016 11:14:15 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: mdittmar

“Workers”

They say that word. But I don’t think they know what it means.


19 posted on 12/09/2016 11:17:52 AM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: mdittmar

I've always found their physical similarities astonishing.

20 posted on 12/09/2016 11:19:32 AM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is public enemy #1)
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