Change To Win Endorses Obama, But United Farm Workers Stick With Clinton

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/7971

By Doug Cunningham

The Change To Win Labor federation is endorsing Senator Barack Obama for president. Four unions within the federation - SEIU, the Teamsters, UFCW and UNITE-HERE had already individually endorsed Obama. But the other Change To Win unions – the Carpenters, Laborers and the United Farm Workers - abstained from the vote to endorse Obama. United Farm Workers spokesperson Vicki Adame says the farmworkers are sticking with their endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton.

: ““ We continue to support Senator Clinton in her run for president. We are working in Texas to organize people, getting out the vote. We listened to our farm worker leadership and what we heard from them was that they overwhelmingly believed that Senator Clinton was the one who would best look after their interests, look after farm worker issues – not just our members but across the nation.”