Mass. SEIU Endorses Edwards

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Mass. SEIU Endorses Democrat Edwards
Friday, Octiber 19, 2007
Associated Press
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BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts council of the Service Employees International Union on Thursday joined 10 other state chapters endorsing Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. ' record on health care.

"John Edwards understands the everyday struggles of working families and without question John Edwards would be the best labor president in the history of the United States," Rocio Saenz, president of SEIU Local 615 in Boston, said in a statement.

SEIU decided last week against making a national endorsement in the Democratic presidential primaries, but gave individual state chapters the option of doing so.

"I am very proud to have the support of the SEIU Massachusetts State Council," Edwards said in a statement. "These workers have felt the negative impact of a broken system in Washington that is rigged against America's working families for far too long — a system that is responsible for the millions of working Americans who still can't afford health insurance."

The other SEIU chapters supporting Edwards are in the early caucus state of Iowa, as well as California, Washington, Michigan, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Ohio, West Virginia and Oregon. Those endorsements, representing 930,000 workers, were announced Monday.

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