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Friday, December 23, 2011
NM-1: Communications Workers of America (CWA) Endorses Eric Griego for Congress
Following is an announcement from the Eric Griego for Congress Campaign.
On Monday Dec. 19th, Democrat Eric Griego announced his endorsement by the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The CWA endorsement was made by both the union?s state council comprising all of the local unions and the international union.
The endorsement is significant because the union represents 6,000 members in New Mexico, including more than 4,000 in the First Congressional District, and is one of the largest unions within the AFL-CIO.
This latest union endorsement joins those by AFSCME, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, District 1199NM National Union Hospital and Healthcare Employees Union and the Bakers, Confectionaries, Tobacco Workers and Millers Union (BCTGM) Local 351.? Collectively, these unions represent nearly 20,000 members in New Mexico.
?The livelihood of working families are under attack by a Congress that is beholden to a 1%-only agenda, and we need a real fighter for the middle class more than ever in Washington,? said?Michael Salazar, president of the CWA New Mexico State Council.? ?CWA is proud to endorse Eric Griego for Congress because he has always been a steadfast champion for working families, and we?re going to work hard to make sure he?s our next Congressman.?
?We need to send more elected representatives to Washington who isn?t afraid to stand up to the 1%-only agenda and their powerful backers,? said?Richard Toledo, president of CWA Local 7011.? ?Eric Griego has always shown that he has the courage to stand up for working families even when going gets tough, and we will stand with him as he has stood with us.?
?As State Senator and Albuquerque City Councilor, Eric has always sided with working families on issues such as increasing the minimum wage and savings jobs,? said?Michelle Lewis, president of CWA Local 7076.? ?Eric Griego is that rare politician who says what he believes, and actually does what he says.?
CWA joins a growing coalition of local and national progressive, labor, environmental and Democratic supporters.? Griego?s endorsers include progressive and Hispanic leaders such as Congressman Ra?l Grijalva, the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus; national progressive grassroots groups such as the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and MoveOn.org Political Action; labor unions such as CWA, AFSCME, Teamsters, and the nurses and bakers unions; environmental groups such as Conservation Voters New Mexico, League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club; and more than two dozen current and former local and state elected officials.
December 23, 2011 at 07:54 AM in Candidates & Races, Eric Griego, NM-01 Congressional Race 2012, Unions | Permalink
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