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(70,273 posts) Sat Oct 31, 2015, 12:52 PM Oct 2015

Longshoremen latest labor group endorsing Clinton candidacy

Source: AP

Sat, Oct 31, 2015, 12:44pm EDT -

Longshoremen latest labor group endorsing Clinton candidacy
International Longshoremen's Association latest labor union to endorse Hillary Clinton

Associated Press By Bill Barrow, Associated Press
1 hour ago

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton has another endorsement from a major labor group in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The latest nod comes from the International Longshoremen's Association and its 60,000-plus members in the maritime industry. Clinton is celebrating the endorsement Saturday at a local ILA union hall in Charleston, South Carolina.

The former secretary of state has started to get more organized labor support since coming out against the Obama administration's Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. That trend is a blow to her closest rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The Vermont senator draws enthusiastic crowds as he praises the working class and rails against corporate greed. But labor leaders have been slow to back him formally...............

Read more: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/longshoremen-latest-labor-group-endorsing-153316344.html;_ylt=A0LEVjCp7zRWT58ASW0nnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEzY3I3YXV1BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM0BHZ0aWQDRkZVSUMwXzEEc2VjA3Ny

The soundtrack for the event—Bidi Bidi Bom Bom, of course—set the stage for enthusiasmo from head to toe.

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Longshoremen latest labor group endorsing Clinton candidacy (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2015 OP

Look at that big grin! Plucketeer Oct 2015 #1

There but for the grace of god... Blue_Adept Oct 2015 #4

And under the bus goes the ILA iandhr Oct 2015 #2

Young lady in Charleston in her HRC Halloween costume. Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #3

Love that! nt SunSeeker Oct 2015 #5

Good luck with that... Earth_First Oct 2015 #6

It will be intersting sulphurdunn Nov 2015 #7

Yes. The ILWU is to the left of the ILA. Francois9 Nov 2015 #8

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Plucketeer

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1. Look at that big grin!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 01:03 PM

Oct 2015

I'll guarantee you it's the same grin every corporate backer is beaming with today. Whaddya wanna bet SHE'LL be the one to ink a signature on the TPP & TIPP??? You know - as soon as they correct the few little typos she has a problem with.