UAW (more than 1 million members) Backs Obama for President

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AFL-CIO News Blog

by Seth Michaels

The UAW has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president.

The UAW, which has more than 1 million members, announced today the union is endorsing Obama after a unanimous vote of its International Executive Board.

UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said Obama was an inspiring leader who would fight for working families.



From the streets of Chicago to the state Legislature in Springfield, Ill., to the halls of the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama has been a voice for dignity and justice for working people. He has a strong program for a safe and secure America, which will protect our citizens and help our country prosper in a new century.


Read more: http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/06/10/uaw-backs-obama-for-president/

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[opihimoimoi]

1. Where are the other Unions?? Fire?? Police? etc etc

I hope to Hell they on board too

[CountAllVotes]

2. that is up to the cities/counties/state they work in

I do know however, that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters endorsed him.

See Omaha Steve's list for more Unions. :)

[Omaha Steve]

3. Unions of the AFL-CIO

http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/unions/

Unions Affiliated with the AFL-CIO

Scroll through the list below to find a union. (Links for sites work at link above)

Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) | Contact info | Website

Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) | Contact info | Website

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) | Contact info | Website

American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) | Contact info | Website

American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) | Contact info | Website

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) | Contact info | Website

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) | Contact info | Website

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) | Contact info | Website

American Postal Workers Union (APWU) | Contact info | Website

American Radio Association (ARA) | Contact info

American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA) | Contact info

Associated Actors and Artistes of America (4As) | Contact info
Actors' Equity Association (AEA) | Contact info | Website
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) | Contact info | Website
American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) | Contact info | Website
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) | Contact info | Website
The Guild of Italian American Actors (GIAA) | Contact info | Website

Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) | Contact info | Website

Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) | Contact info | Website

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) | Contact info | Website

California School Employees Association (CSEA) | Contact info | Website

Communications Workers of America (CWA) | Contact info | Website
Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) | Contact info | Website

Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) | Contact info | Website

Federation of Professional Athletes (Professional Athletes) | Contact info | Website

Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union (GMP) | Contact info | Website

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE) | Contact info | Website

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (Iron Workers) | Contact info | Website

International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) | Contact info | Website

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers (AWIU) | Contact info | Website

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) | Contact info | Website

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (IBB) | Contact info | Website

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) | Contact info | Website

International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) | Contact info | Website

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) | Contact info | Website

International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) | Contact info | Website

International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America | Contact info

International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers (Novelty and Production Workers) | Contact info

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) | Contact info | Website

International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) | Contact info | Website

International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) | Contact info | Website

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada (Painters and Allied Trades) | Contact info | Website

International Union of Police Associations (IUPA) | Contact info | Website

Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA) | Contact info | Website
Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) | Contact info | Website

National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) | Contact info | Website

National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) | Contact info | Website

National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) | Contact info | Website

Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) | Contact info | Website

Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada (OP&CMIA) | Contact info | Website

Seafarers International Union of North America (SIU) | Contact info | Website

Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA) | Contact info | Website

Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) | Contact info | Website

Transportation Communications International Union/IAM (TCU/IAM) | Contact info | Website

United American Nurses (UAN) | Contact info | Website

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA) | Contact info | Website

United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union (UAW) | Contact info | Website

United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) | Contact info | Website

United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union (USW) | Contact info | Website

United Transportation Union (UTU) | Contact info | Website

United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (Roofers and Waterproofers) | Contact info | Website

Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) | Contact info | Website

Writers Guild of America, East Inc. (WGAE) | Contact info | Website

[opihimoimoi]

4. HOLY SHIT....enormous.....McCain got any??? I don't think so...

[LiberalFighter]

9. Odds are that the fire-fighters will endorse McCain. They tend to endorse Republicans.

Police are not as likely as firefighters but they are still more towards republicans.

But just because their organization endorses one candidate or the other doesn't mean the members totally support their leaders on something like this.

I belong to a different union and I was totally pissed off this past primary because our regional leader put out an endorsement which we try not to do for the primaries. And he endorsed the opponent to our former representative. Then all the local union officers were instructed that they had to support that candidate. Well that didn't sit well with them either. Since I wasn't an officer my hands weren't tied and I made sure that other members knew what the hell was going on. And they were wondering what the hell was going on too cause in past elections we had endorsed and supported her when she represented us.

[Faygo Kid]

5. Walter Reuther would love this, God bless him.

He insisted that civil rights would be a cornerstone of the UAW.

One of our great Americans, too often forgotten. I think of him in hearing this.





http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/reuther.html

[OhioChick]

6. Good to Hear...

Thanks for posting, Steve. :hi:

K&R

[unkachuck]

7. Solidarity forever!!

"...after a unanimous vote of its International Executive Board."

'When the Union's inspiration through the workers blood shall run,
There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun,
Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one?
But the Union makes us strong.'

[michreject]

8. I retired from UAW Local 160

The membership make up there was approx. 75% Republican. Nobody outside of union leadership claimed to be a Democrat. The whole place was bazaar.

[LiberalFighter]

10. The skilled trades in our local were probably in that range.