[lbo-talk] union news

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 9 06:49:19 PST 2008


[from The Note]

Obama on Wednesday is set to pick up the support of a major national labor organization, Unite Here, along with its 60,000-strong culinary- workers local in Nevada, Kris Maher writes in The Wall Street Journal. "The decision would be the first national labor endorsement for Mr. Obama and would give him a leg up in the Jan. 19 caucus in Nevada," Maher writes.

Late Tuesday, Obama locked down SEIU Nevada, but "the chaotic selection process and deep division within the union's ranks will likely diminish the endorsement's weight," Tony Cook writes in the Las Vegas Sun.



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