Hillary Clinton has a lot going for her before the Februuary 5 primaries. What is most impressive is that she has the backing of three powerful unions in New York:
Hundreds of members of the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 470,000 workers in the state, are making calls on her behalf from phone banks in Manhattan, Hauppauge, Utica, Plattsburgh and a dozen other communities. The Service Employees International Union has sent out a pro-Clinton mailing to more than 360,000 doormen, janitors, nurses, nurses’ aides, home care workers and others.
And District Council 37, a Manhattan-based division of the nation’s largest union for government employees, dispatched dozens of activists to ring members’ doorbells this weekend to urge them to vote for Mrs. Clinton.
Will this help Hillary Clinton? There is speculation that unions are a powerful force when it comes to getting the vote out; and union members also support other union members..I guess we have to wait and see if their backing will carry a lot of weight.
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