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U.F.C.W. Backs Obama; S.E.I.U May Endorse Tonight

The New York Times (register)

The Service Employees International Union, widely seen as the nation’s most politically potent union, is likely to endorse Senate Barack Obama on Thursday evening, a top union official said.

The official said that the endorsement was likely to come in a conference call of the union’s board scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday.

The S.E.I.U endorsement would also be important for Mr. Obama in numerous ways. It would give him the backing of a union with 1.9 million members, many of whom are political activists. It should also help increase his support among Hispanics because so many of the S.E.I.U.’s members, many of them janitors and hospital workers, are immigrants. And the endorsement might also help Mr. Obama win more support among white, blue-collar voters, a group where he has been lagging behind Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Posted by Editor at February 14, 2008 08:47 PM

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