Now that the field is set at 4 candidates, the endorsements start coming in for Omaha Steve

[Omaha Steve]

Two more are in the pipeline. I already have the endorsement from the Omaha Federation of Labor AFL-CIO


3-14-12

I have been teaching labor studies classes at the University of Nebraska for over 30 years. It was in that capacity that I first met Steve Dawes over a decade ago. Steve is an informed and involved member of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees local 251. In our conversations, Steve consistently advocates for insuring that the benefits of a well-functioning and growing economy serve the common good by increasing opportunities for upward mobility. He also believes that government at all levels serves two moral purposes: to protect the population and to employ people to become the best they can be.

I believe that the core union values of problem solving; pride in a job well done; looking out for each other; putting the greater good above individual interests; the advancement of human dignity; and equality of treatment are integral to the kind of job that Steve would do as a member of the Bellevue City Council.

John Kretzschmar

Resident of Olde Towne Bellevue since 1993

http://www.unomaha.edu/wbils/staff.php

John Kretzschmar, Director

Received his Master of Social Work degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. He worked with organized labor and the University of Nebraska at Omaha to start the Institute for Labor Studies in 1980. Since then, he has taught organizing and negotiating skills to thousands of trade unionists from Nebraska and surrounding states. He is a member of the American Association of University Professors and the United Association for Labor Education.

[Blaze Diem]

1. Beautifu endorsement Steve!

[freshwest]

2. And more to come. Congratulations.