Kelliher snags another union endorsement
Posted 10:03 am, November 19th, 2009 by Steve Perry, PIM/Capitol Report managing editor
This morning the 13,000-member International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 49, announced that it's backing the gubernatorial candidacy of House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis).
“We need to get the economy working again in Minnesota. Margaret is a proven leader who has been fighting for the issues and values of our state’s working men and women for years,” said the union's business manager, Glen Johnson, in a media release. “The transportation bill override was the largest job-creating bill in decades, and Margaret made it happen.”
It's the second high-profile endorsement for Kelliher in the past week. Last Thursday she garnered the backing of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees.
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