Hillary Clinton gets ILA union endorsement and boost from Mayor Joe Riley

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton accepted the national endorsement of the country’s biggest dockworkers union Saturday morning in Charleston, saying organized labor protects all facets of American workers, including those among the middle class in South Carolina.


“You hear all the time, South Carolina doesn’t need unions,” she said, referring to the stance repeatedly pledged by Republican Gov. Nikki Haley.

“You still have a lot of poor people in South Carolina,” Clinton said.


She also thanked Mayor Joe Riley for throwing his support her way. His endorsement came after Riley’s first choice on the Democratic side, Vice President Joe Biden, opted not to run.

“If there is an undergirding characteristic of Hillary Clinton, it’s that she is a fighter,” Riley said, adding that he expected to hear the sound of the White House “glass ceiling” being shattered this time next year.

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