UFCW Local 1776 Endorses Obama

[Hope And Change]

UFCW Local 1776 Endorses Obama


By Caitlin Harvey - Mar 23rd, 2008 at 4:29 pm EDT

On Thursday, the Executive Board of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1776, which represents 23,000 members throughout southeast, northeast and central Pennsylvania, northeast Maryland and southern New York, overwhelmingly approved its support for Senator Obama's candidacy in the Tuesday, April 22 Pennsylvania primary election.

Here is their official statement:

Plymouth Meeting, PA – The 23,000-member United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 has endorsed U.S. Sen. Barack Obama for President in the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary election.

Wendell W. Young, IV, President of Local 1776, said the endorsement by the union’s Executive Board was “overwhelming.”

Young said that while Local 1776 has “the highest respect” for Senator Hillary Clinton, “our Executive Board is convinced that Senator Obama is the best candidate to unite our country and move it forward for good jobs, affordable health care, retirement security, worker rights and worker safety.” He said:

“Senator Obama leads in the popular vote. He leads in the Democratic delegate count, and he leads in the head-to-head match-up against John McCain. Americans want a change very badly. Barack Obama is a fresh-thinking leader who will create that change.”

UFCW Local 1776 represents 23,000 members throughout southeast, northeast and central Pennsylvania, northeast Maryland and southern New York who work in supermarkets, drug stores, food processing plants, manufacturing facilities, nursing homes, professional offices and Pennsylvania’s Wine and Spirits Shops.

UFCW members are making sure that Pennsylvanians are http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/pavoterreg">registered by vote by tomorrow so that they can vote in the April 22 primary. Make sure everyone you know http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/pavoterreg">registered to vote, and help http://my.barackobama.com/page/contact/splash/callpa">call Pennsylvanians to remind them to register!

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[HCE SuiGeneris]

1. Good news.

[Bullet1987]

2. GOBAMA!!!!

[DerekJ]

3. Awesome

[sniffa]

4. Rock on

:kick:

[malik flavors]

5. Cool. Thanks for the news.

[bluestateguy]

6. Those elitist, latte drinking, Prius driving, cocktail party trust find liberals!!!!

Damn them!

[MessiahRp]

7. Why any Union would endorse Pro-NAFTA Hillary is beyond me...

Considering how many union jobs have been outsourced because of that fucking thing?

Rp

[crispini]

8. That's good news!

:kick:

[Coexist]

9. Unions in PA deliver for the Democrats every election

they are an amazing force. This is very good news.

[MH1]

10. Great endorsement!!

:woohoo:

[Vinca]

11. Great news!!!!!

:applause: :woohoo: :party:

[K Gardner]

12. "Barack Obama is the best candidate to UNITE our country." Amen. K&R