TPM Reports EDWARDS To Announce Nearly 1 Million in New SEIU Labor Supporters...LINK

[Blackhatjack]

If this is true, it would represent over 1/2 of all SEIU Labor Supporters. 1 Million Labor Supporters is a lot of voters.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/_source_edwards_to_announce_nearly_1000000_in_new_seiu_labor_supporters_today.php

Source: Edwards To Announce Nearly 1,000,000 In New SEIU Labor Supporters Today

By Greg Sargent - October 15, 2007, 4:22PM

The Edwards campaign is being very tight-lipped today about the raft of new SEIU state affiliates that they have reportedly racked up.

But a source familiar with the endorsements tells me that Edwards is set to announce the support of new SEIU affiliates that total nearly 1,000,000 in new members. That's a substantial jolt, suggesting that Edwards' hard work in courting the service employees is paying off and giving Edwards a way of claiming a new burst of momentum.

The campaign says they'll be announcing something today at 6:30, at which point we'll know for sure which states comprise the nearly 1,000,000 members newly for Edwards. More later.

[Blackhatjack]

1. IF Labor Ever Had A Candidate To Represent Them In A Presidential Campaign, It Is Edwards....

Labor is starting to understand that the opportunities to have a Candidate in the Presidential Race represent them are few and far between. This is one of those very times in the 2008 Election cycle.

John Edwards has been pro-labor and rock solid in supporting labor unions during his campaign for President.

You have to wonder how the rank and file labor union members feel about a frontrunner(Clinton) who employs an individual(Penn) who has a long record of helping to bust unions.

It is time to reestablish workers rights and unions again in this country, which have been thoroughly abused by corporate employers.

[HughBeaumont]

2. Not to mention she still thinks there are positives to job offshoring and NAFTA.

I noticed how only columnists on the net and in some papers are choosing to make light of this and the MSM has been relatively quiet about Madam Windsock's major weakness . .. other than her less-than-Democratic positions on Iraq and Iran, that is.

[peacebird]

4. I'm in what WAS a "safe" job. Once. My company doesn't call it outsourcing, they say "partnering"

:eyes:
But it still means people in Yugoslavia and India are doing my job and they cost less. Who do YOU think the company will keep?

My supervisor says not to worry because we are both within 10 years to retirement, the company isunlikely to be able to switch over that quickly.

I say, as a 50+ woman it will be MUCH harder to find a new job also if they DO "partner" mine overseas.

[Blackhatjack]

5. When your supervisor says not to worry, that is the time to worry....

I have seen this exact same scenario play out with companies in this high-tech friendly area(Research Triangle Part --Raleigh-Durham).

The 'switch over' can be remarkably rapid with little prior notice to the workers.

I would keep my ear to the ground, and stay aware of opportunities in case you have to make a late career splash back into the labor market.

[peacebird]

7. I actually applied for a job I was extremely well qualified for, and they expressed interest

but didn't make an offer because (they told me) it would have to be substantially below my current salary (even tho I said an extra week of vacation would be a fine trade)

If you have worked long enough, been promoted, been awarded Engineer of the Quarter (last year) then compensation tends to be high.

Switching jobs is harder because companies want cheap "fresh outs"

[Blackhatjack]

8. It is happening across the board of Employers, replacing older loyal employees with younger cheaper

And only Edwards is making an issue of the fact that employees have more of this to look forward to in the future.

There is absolutely no two-way loyalty between employers and employees anymore.

If we do not begin restoring rights to workers, we are going to see wages go from flat lines to dipping lines as jobs exit the US and are performed by cheap overseas workers.

[Blackhatjack]

3. NBC Reports One of the SEIU Chapters Endorsing Edwards is Calif With More than 600,000 members..LINK

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/10/15/412019.aspx

From NBC/NJ’s Tricia Miller

In addition to the local Iowa SEIU, nine other local chapters will endorse Edwards, including California, which has more than 600,000-members, at an event in Iowa City later today, according to Democratic sources with knowledge of the endorsements.

[Nutmegger]

6. Edwards needs this! R&K!!

:thumbsup::kick:

Thank you for posting. :hi:

[Ninga]

9. They don't call this a "race" for nothing. Edwards, in the top 3, will sprint to the finish line.

The SEIU Labor support, validates his candidacy.

Where is the MSM on this?

[waiting for hope]

10. Here is a good indicator of HRC support:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-mudcat-saunders/how-many-americans-unders_b_68524.html

How Many Americans Understand Hillary?
Posted October 15, 2007

~Snip~

The reason Hillary is distancing herself from the trade treaties, rather than continuing to talk about ridiculous "unintended consequences," is because she "understands politics" like nobody else. In the early primary states, Iowa and South Carolina have lost twice as many jobs to NAFTA than they gained, and in New Hampshire, they have lost two-and-a-half times more jobs than they gained. The bottom line is that the Clintons did a number on small-town rural America and blue-collared workers everywhere. To get in tight with the big boys, they brokered a deal to trade local economies, jobs, and benefits (code word: healthcare) for Wall Street dividends. I think the greatest verifier to the validity of that last statement is on the cover of Fortune back in July. The headline over a posed shot of Hillary says "BUSINESS LOVES HILLARY! WHO KNEW IT?" I'll tell you who knows it. Many, many rural and blue-collared Americans know it. That cover is a perfect illustration as to why Hillary can not win the general election and why the collateral damage to the down ticket of her toxic coat-tails could cost us Congress. The question is not whether Hillary "understands politics," but instead, how many of us understand Hillary.

K&R!! For Edwards!

[Blackhatjack]

11. Definitely Agree HRC would HURT the down ticket races....

At this point where corruption has been totally rampant, and business/corporate special interests have literally 'owned' Congress and the WHite HOuse, we desperately need an anti-corporate Presidential Candidate like John Edwards.

If Edwards is the nominee, he would pull in voters who would help the 'down ticket' races.