The 200,000-member Transportation Workers Union will move from Edwards to Obama tomorrow

[MadBadger]

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Doug Adams
The 200,000-member Transportation Workers Union will move from Edwards to Obama tomorrow, according to sources close to the union. The union would be the first national AFL-CIO union to endorse Obama. Is this the first of several former Edwards-backed unions to go to Obama now that Edwards has pulled out of the race?

The TWU represents New York City subway workers, Philadelphia bus drivers, Southwest Airlines flight attendants, baggage handlers and others. The largest union is in New York -- a Feb. 5 state -- and could play an active role there. In other Feb. 5 states, there are members in California and New Jersey.


http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/31/626789.aspx

[marlakay]

1. does that include ATU union??

thats for Bart in San Francisco...we belong to that union even though we are out of state and retired. Just curious...I don't vote how they tell me unless I like them but for once it would be nice to have them back same person as me...

[Barack_America]

2. Woo hoo! I'll have to ride SEPTA tomorrow to celebrate!

Thanks for posting this!

[GoldieAZ49]

3. Excellent!

The momentum continues to build