Two unions tell IDC Leader Jeffrey Klein they will pull support unless talks begin to re-unify NY Se

Two unions tell IDC Leader Jeffrey Klein they will pull support unless talks begin to re-unify NY Senate Dems
KEN LOVETT


Here is the expanded version of my "Albany Insider" column from Monday's editions:

Two influential labor unions are threatening to yank their long-time support of Senate co-Leader Jeffrey Klein if he and his group of breakaway Democrats don’t begin conversations to realign themselves with the chamber’s mainline Dems.

The unions representing the city’s teachers and the hotel and motel workers threw down that gauntlet late last week to Klein, who heads the five-member Independent Democratic Conference that jointly runs the Senate with the Republicans, sources said.

“We value the work the Independent Democratic Conference has been able to accomplish for our members with the coalition, but, as working families continue to struggle, it’s frankly past time the Democrats figure out a way to unite,” said Josh Gold, political director for the hotel and motel workers.


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