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CNN Joe Biden will land a major union endorsement Wednesday from North Americas Building Trades Unions, whose leaders say the president has his infrastructure bill largely to thank for it.
In making one of their earliest ever presidential endorsements, NABTU leaders are kickstarting an eight-figure organizing program to try to deliver their 250,000 members in the battlegrounds of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin for Biden.
The Teamsters, whose endorsement is being pursued by both Biden and Donald Trump, are members of NABTU but abstained from Tuesdays board vote, according to people briefed on the proceedings. They will endorse after their own upcoming convention.
The backing from NABTU, which has 3 million members nationwide, is more enthusiastic than its 2020 backing of Biden. And it comes at a moment when a significant slice of union rank-and-file has split from traditionally Democratic-aligned union leadership in ways that are reverberating through elections. Thats raised questions about the political future of the next generation of union members.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/biden-building-trades-union-endorsement/index.html
Cha
(297,911 posts)TSF backs Billionaire$
Wounded Bear
(58,758 posts)mzmolly
(51,016 posts)and union steward.
Good news!
LiberalFighter
(51,229 posts)Of course CNN had to be negative about support from other members.
At least the president of NABTU recognizes that not all of their members will support Biden. And won't waste time trying to persuade them. The video he is in should help convince those in the middle showing how Trump broke his promises.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,494 posts)being idiots and voting AGAINST their own interests.