While in Washington, Bonior was also known for his close ties to labor, which is why he got hired by the Breck Girl. To further bolster his labor credentials, in July the Edwards campaign hired two politicos who had up till then working for the United Food & Commercial Workers funded Wake Up Wal-Mart. Paul Blank took over day-to-day operations of the campaign, although Bonior kept his title, and fellow anti Wal-Mart zealot Chris Kofinis signed on as communications director.
This morning in Pittsburgh, the endorsement of the United Steelworkers and the United Mineworkers unions was announced--Edwards gets their nod.
Edwards has more union endorsements than any other Democratic candidate for president, but that might not mean a whole lot. Dick Gephardt collected union endorsements like an autumn squirrel gathers nuts in 2004 when he sought the Democratic nomination. After finishing in fourth place in the Iowa Caucuses, Gephardt dropped out of the race.
And in 2008 there will be fewer union members voting than did in 2004. As there were fewer in 2004 compared to 2000, as there were fewer four years prior...
Related posts:
Kevorkian attorney Geoffrey Fieger indicted for illegal 2004 Edwards contributions
John Edwards' odd choice to run his campaign: David Bonior
The good life of working for the UFCW
Union leaders don't share their members pain
John Edwards wakes up to Wal-Mart nightmare
Bob Dole, John Edwards, two 28,000 sq. ft. buildings
UPDATE 3:44PM CDT: Michelle Malkin touches on some of the same union issues, declining membership for one, that I discuss in my related posts tag.
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