Clinton picks up fourth labor endorsement (National Association of Letter Carriers)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Boston Globe

Hillary Clinton snagged her fourth union endorsement when the National Association of Letter Carriers announced today that it will support her presidential bid.

But the endorsement she and her Democratic rivals are pointing towards will come next week, when the powerful, 1.9-million-member Service Employees International Union could announce its pick.

The letter carriers union claims 300,000 active and retired members. In a statement issued by the Clinton campaign, union President William H. Young said that Clinton was the runaway winner of a survey of union members and that she won support for being the first candidate to back legislation banning the contracting out of carrier jobs to low-wage private firms.

"There is nobody better prepared to take up the battle for universal health insurance, and there is no one I would trust more than Senator Clinton to strengthen Social Security in order to keep the promises we have made as a nation to our retirees, our disabled workers and to their survivors," Young said in the statement.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/09/clinton_picks_u_1.html

[Totally Committed]

1. And, is my mailguy PISSED!

I got an earful this afternoon. Whoa!

:rofl:


TC

[blondie58]

3. now is he a Republican?

I am a member of NALC Branch #47 and I don't like this news as I don't care for Clinton. And believe it or not, we have plenty of Repubs at the Post Office, of course, most of them are scabs anyway.

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. How are they scabs if there is no strike?

:shrug:

[blondie58]

6. we call a person a scab it they choose not to pay union dues

it is not mandatory, but rather an option to join the union and to have the very reasonable union fees deducted from your paycheck. If you choose not to, you still reap the benefits that the union works hard to get for us. One of my friends at work compared another guy at work, who is a scab, to a welfare recipient. It was a really funny and apt description, imho.

Now, my daughter just got hired at Kroger and union membership is required. I am trying to educate her on the benefits of unions.

[alfredo]

7. NALC Chapter 361 Lexington Ky. Retired

The way I always understood was they selected a candidate that will be best for the union. Voting records are compared and usually they pick the best person. I hope they are right.

[eagler]

5. He's still free to vote his conscience.

[journalist3072]

2. Wonderful news for Sen. Clinton! eom