Major union endorses Chuy Garcia for mayor

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Chicago Sun Times

Dan Mihalopoulos

Jesus “Chuy” Garcia received a major boost Saturday in his bid to unseat Mayor Rahm Emanuel, as the powerful and big-spending Service Employees International Union’s State Council endorsed the challenger in the April 7 runoff election.

The union was divided in the first round of voting last month. While the SEIU Healthcare local has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Garcia, SEIU Local 1 — which represents janitors — had remained neutral and even disputed the validity of SEIU Healthcare’s support for Garcia.

But SEIU Local 1 officials began rethinking their position after Garcia won the right to face Emanuel in the runoff, and the State Council voted to back Garcia at a meeting Saturday morning.

“We think there is a clear contrast between Chuy Garcia and Rahm Emanuel,” Local 1 President Tom Balanoff told the Chicago Sun-Times on Saturday.

FULL story at link.



Read more: http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/7/71/440600/major-union-endorses-chuy-garcia-mayor

[mucifer]

1. SEIU was a major player in getting Obama's win in Indiana in '08

They have buses of volunteers going door to door. They took many members from Chicago to Indiana to knock on doors.

[Starry Messenger]

2. Was just coming to post this.

K&R

[blkmusclmachine]

3. n/t

[red dog 1]

4. This is good news for Chuy,

and bad news for Emanuel.

Thanks for posting this, Omaha Steve.

[Dems to Win]

5. In The Battle of the Saviors, I'm with Jesus.

Go Jesus! Beat Emanuel!



Good luck to Chuy and the SEIU. People power!

[SoapBox]

6. Hoping, hoping, hoping...

That Rahm's butt will be out the door.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Minor Northwoods Curmudgeon Endorses Chuy.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. ROFL

[Cryptoad]

8. This should increase his odds.....

it will come down to how the vote turns outs..... hopefully it will be better than it was in Ferguson

[Bjorn Against]

10. That is my union!

I am in Minnesota rather than Illinois so I had no say in this endorsement, but I am proud my brothers and sisters in Chicago made the rights choice.

[greatlaurel]

11. I hope this helps Garcia win this election.

This will be a big win for the Democratic Party if Emanuel is sent packing. It will be a good thing for 2016, as well. Emanuel has harmed the Democratic Party greatly between his ego and his bad ideas.

Go Chuy Go!