Local AFL-CIO Council, PFT and LGBT leaders endorse Kenney for mayor

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Claudia Vargas, Inquirer Staff Writer
Last updated: Friday, March 13, 2015, 8:06 PM
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2015, 6:44 PM


For former City Councilman James F. Kenney, Friday the 13th was anything but unlucky.

The aspiring mayor received one of the biggest endorsements a candidate can land - from the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO - plus the backing of some of the city's LGBT leaders, a growing voter bloc, and the teachers' union.

The AFL-CIO council is comprised of more than 100 labor unions representing 130,000 workers in the public sector, private industry, and the building and construction trades. To gain the endorsement, a candidate must have the backing of at least two-thirds of the council's 41 board members, who are presidents of their own locals.

"Jim Kenney is the right choice for Philadelphia. As a councilman, he stood up time and again to defend working families on everything from prevailing wage to the right to organize," the group's president, Patrick J. Eiding, said in a statement. "We look forward to working with Jim to create a city where everyone has access to fair, safe working conditions and a living wage."

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