200,000-member Transportation Workers Union will move from Edwards to Obama tomorrow

[Hope And Change]

Transportation workers to back Obama


Posted: Thursday, January 31, 2008 5:59 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: 2008, Obama

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Doug Adams
The 200,000-member Transportation Workers Union will move from Edwards to Obama tomorrow, according to sources close to the union. The union would be the first national AFL-CIO union to endorse Obama. Is this the first of several former Edwards-backed unions to go to Obama now that Edwards has pulled out of the race?

The TWU represents New York City subway workers, Philadelphia bus drivers, Southwest Airlines flight attendants, baggage handlers and others. The largest union is in New York -- a Feb. 5 state -- and could play an active role there. In other Feb. 5 states, there are members in California and New Jersey.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/31/626789.aspx

[Adelante]

1. My nephew's union

woOT :thumbsup:

[flpoljunkie]

2. Great news! Thanks for posting.

[MH1]

3. Wow, Obama is raking in the big endorsements now.

I know some people say "endorsements don't matter" but if he gets enough big union endorsements, it will.

[rsmith6621]

4. My Union To

.....

[Life Long Dem]

5. Sounds like a strategy.

Until Edwards endorses Obama.

[usregimechange]

6. Great news!

[Major Hogwash]

7. This is great news!

Maybe after Hillary is defeated in New York she will drop out of the race.