SEIU International Has Officially Endorsed Barack Obama for President

City and county workers, nurses, childcare workers, janitors and other service workers who are members of Service Employees International Union endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president February 15, calling him the candidate with the best vision, best plan and best strategy to lead the country to a new American Dream.

Members hope Obama who was an SEIU organizer in Illinois prior to entering politics can achieve economic justice, quality, affordable healthcare for every American, the freedom for workers to unite in unions, and an end to the Iraq war.

This is the perfect opportunity for us to change our country for the better, said Kimberly Harris, a legal process clerk for Kern County Superior Court and member of Local 521. It’s time we put someone in office who will focus on the needs of middle class Americans and protect our freedoms here at home – such as the freedom to form a Union.

Pauline Beck, a home health care worker in Oakland, CA, said, Barack is the right candidate for workers. He will change our country. Senator Obama spent a day with Beck last August, helping her care for an elderly patient and spending time with Beck’s family. 

This is about more than one election. It’s about building for the next generation of America, said SEIU International President Andy Stern. Barack Obama is creating the broadest and deepest coalition of voters we’ve ever seen.

Anna Burger, SEIU’s International Secretary-Treasurer, said, This is one of the most important presidential elections workers have faced. Families are struggling, we’re fighting two wars, and a majority of Americans are now worried that their children will be worse off than they are. Obama is the right person at the right time to lead the change we so desperately need in our country.


Read the press release from the International that went out on February 15 >>

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 SEIU International Endorsement Flyer



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