John Edwards the working mans friend!

This article just emphasizes what I've known about John Edwards for some time. As Senator he voted for every pro labor bill he could. As a candidate he has espoused many programs to help the beleaguered American Worker and as President the Workers of America would have a friend in the White House again!...

Unions Endorse Edwards
RAMESH SANTANAM | September 3, 2007 11:02 AM EST | AP

PITTSBURGH — John Edwards won the endorsement of the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America as more than 1,000 union members cheered the Democratic presidential candidate.

"America was not built on Wall Street. America was built by steelworkers and mine workers," Edwards told supporters at a downtown Labor Day rally and parade.

Wearing union T-shirts and carrying signs that urged an end to the war in Iraq, the crowd booed heartily when UMW President Cecil Roberts brought up the name of President Bush. Roberts said Bush is to blame for many good-paying U.S. jobs going overseas.

Earlier, Edwards suggested New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign represents politics-as-usual in Washington and that Edwards represents a break from the past.

"We just have a disagreement," Edwards said on ABC's "Good Morning America." "Sen. Clinton defends Washington lobbyists and the system that exists in Washington and thinks she can work within that system. If that were true we would already have universal health care. If that were true America would already be attacking global warming in a serious way."

The steelworker and mine worker endorsements mean that Edwards now has more labor endorsements than any Democratic presidential candidate.

The former senator from North Carolina has also secured the backing of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

Clinton has been endorsed by the United Transportation Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd has been endorsed by the International Association of Fire Fighters.

The United Steelworkers is the largest industrial union in North America, with 850,000 members and retirees in the metals, mining, rubber, paper, oil refining, chemicals and service industries.

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