"It is a high honor and distinct privilege to be the first labor union in making this endorsement," said UTU President Paul Thompson. "The UTU has a long history of picking winners early. Hillary will be a president America\'s working families can count on. Time and again as a senator, she has stood with us."
"It\'s time America\'s workers had an advocate in the White House," Hillary Clinton told Thompson in a phone call after the endorsement, which was made Tuesday.
UTU has a long record of supporting both Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, going back to when Bill Clinton first sought the Arkansas governorship in 1978. The union said Clinton\'s history with UTU and her commitment to infrastructure projects clinched the endorsement.
In a letter to the UTU, Clinton said she believes "Amtrak, commuter rail and public transportation should be well-funded and have recently laid out a plan to do just that." UTU represents 125,000 active and retired workers on railroads, commuter rail lines and some buses.
Meanwhile, the International Association of Fire Fighters said it will announce its endorsement Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C. The union represents more than 281,000 full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics in every state in the United States and in Canada.
The announcement did not indicate whom the union will endorse, but noted, "The IAFF early support and endorsement of Sen. John Kerry in the last presidential election is credited with lifting him in the Iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and to the Democratic nomination."
For an update on the Fire Fighter endorsement, visit www.iaff.org
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"It is a high honor and distinct privilege to be the first labor union in making this endorsement," said UTU President Paul Thompson. "The UTU has a long history of picking winners early. Hillary will be a president America\’s working families can count on. Time and again as a senator, she has stood with us."
"It\’s time America\’s workers had an advocate in the White House," Hillary Clinton told Thompson in a phone call after the endorsement, which was made Tuesday.
UTU has a long record of supporting both Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, going back to when Bill Clinton first sought the Arkansas governorship in 1978. The union said Clinton\’s history with UTU and her commitment to infrastructure projects clinched the endorsement.
In a letter to the UTU, Clinton said she believes "Amtrak, commuter rail and public transportation should be well-funded and have recently laid out a plan to do just that." UTU represents 125,000 active and retired workers on railroads, commuter rail lines and some buses.
Meanwhile, the International Association of Fire Fighters said it will announce its endorsement Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C. The union represents more than 281,000 full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics in every state in the United States and in Canada.
The announcement did not indicate whom the union will endorse, but noted, "The IAFF early support and endorsement of Sen. John Kerry in the last presidential election is credited with lifting him in the Iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and to the Democratic nomination."
For an update on the Fire Fighter endorsement, visit www.iaff.org