Hillary Clinton

Historic NY

(37,451 posts) Sat Oct 31, 2015, 08:26 PM Oct 2015

International Longshoremen's Association and its 60,000-plus members endorse Hillary

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.

The nation's largest union, the AFL-CIO, still has yet to endorse a candidate in the primary.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-longshoremen-latest-labor-group-endorsing-clinton-candidacy-2015-1

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International Longshoremen's Association and its 60,000-plus members endorse Hillary (Original Post) Historic NY Oct 2015 OP

This is great news workinclasszero Oct 2015 #1

K & R Iliyah Oct 2015 #2

Unions Rock. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #3

Nitpicky detail, the Federation isn't a union. Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #4

K& R Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #5

Wow great endorsement . FloridaBlues Nov 2015 #6

K&R Tarheel_Dem Nov 2015 #7

Good things happening in SC for Hillary. Congrats to her and Team riversedge Nov 2015 #8

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

1. This is great news

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 08:30 PM

Oct 2015

Thanks Longshoremen!

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

2. K & R

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 09:09 PM

Oct 2015

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

3. Unions Rock.

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 09:14 PM

Oct 2015

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)

4. Nitpicky detail, the Federation isn't a union.

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 09:51 PM

Oct 2015

The AFL-CIO hold the charters of other unions, but it is not a union itself. Its exec council will most likely discuss endorsement at the next national meeting, in Feb.