Vincent Gray gets labor backing
The Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO, which boasts 150,000 members in the region, voted Monday night to endorse Vincent C. Gray in the mayor’s race, D.C. Wire reports.
The vote by AFL-CIO leaders and delegates, who represented more than 200 affiliate labor organizations, was unanimous, according to Gray's campaign.
Joslyn N. Williams, president of the Washington Council, said in a statement Tuesday morning that union leaders were proud to back Gray because he has the "broad vision and deep community roots" that "the District needs to come together."
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| May 18, 2010; 9:21 AM ET
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Posted by: mendelsonmustgo | May 18, 2010 10:59 AM | Report abuse
Not exactly sure either, but many federal and private sector unionized employees live and vote in DC.
Posted by: winston61 | May 18, 2010 11:43 AM | Report abuse
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Any info on how many such union members actually live in DC? If memory serves its a rather low number, and for example Jack Evans says 70% of DC government employees (and many union members I'd guess) live outside of DC... Not that endorsement by unions isn't important of course...