Democratic Presidential candidates make final pitch to labor in advance of Keystone State Primary

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/8368

By Jesse Russell

With the Pennsylvania primary coming on Tuesday Democratic Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spent last week making their final pitches for Pennsylvanian voters. They both took time off to visit the AFL-CIO and Building Trades and Constructions Department’s Legislative Conference where they both tried to convince construction unions why they would be best suited for the title of President.

Clinton said the country needs union to set the standard and example for the country and the rest of the world.

: When other countries exploit their workers to disadvantage unions, we need unions standing strong for workers’ rights. And when 47 million don’t have insurance and millions more have it but it costs too much and doesn’t cover enough we need unions standing strong for the right to quality affordable healthcare.

Obama said that the United States needs more than just talk in order to turn the country around.

: We can talk all we want about standing up for our workers, but unless we have a President you can trust to listen and put working Americans first, nothings really gonna change. Because politics didn’t lead me to working people, working people led me to politics.