SEIU stands with Jeff Merkley for U.S. Senate!

The 52,300 home care workers, nursing home workers, university staff, child care providers, and state employees from all across Oregon today endorsed Jeff Merkley’s campaign for U.S. Senate.

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of Oregon, who endorsed Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign last month, is the largest, most progressive labor union in the state and brings unparalleled grassroots strength to Jeff Merkley’s campaign.

(Jeff Merkley and SEIU President Andy Stern at a Portland rally in January)

“Widely seen as the nation's most politically active union," according to The New York Times, SEIU won 70 percent of competitive races in 2006. During the last Presidential race, SEIU registered over 4 million new voters and its members knocked on 10 million doors.

SEIU has launched a national effort to provide health care to every American and only endorse candidates who make health care a top priority.

Earlier this year, SEIU Local 503 Executive Director Leslie Frane spoke with KPOJ radio about Jeff Merkley's incredible work in the legislature on health care, workers rights, consumer protection and public services.

Click on the audio below to hear Leslie and KPOJ's Carl Wolfson talk about Jeff's great leadership in the legislature for the working men and women of Oregon:

Posted March 10, 2008
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