Wednesday Senator
Barack Obama gained the endorsements from several important unions, including
the Culinary Workers Union in Nevada.
The heads of Local 226, a union basically dominated by casino and hotel workers
in the State of Nevada, most of them from Las Vegas, expressed that
their decision to back Obama is based in his comprehension of the current
economic situation of the U.S and his compromise with the working sector of the
country. Obama, who will rally with Las
Vegas workers next Friday, hopes that the endorsement will
contribute with the mobilization of thousands of volunteers and voters.
"He
was one of us. He was an organizer; he organized workers and families in the
worst neighborhoods in Chicago.
He has walked our picket line at the Congress Hotel in Chicago
where we're in the fifth year of the strike." declared D. Taylor, secretary
treasurer of the Union.
The other significant union recently announcing its support to the Democratic
Candidate is the Unite Here, a union that represents industrial and textile
workers and hotel and restaurant employees. The endorsements represent the
first national union backing for Barak Obama and the culinary workers'
endorsement gives Obama a considerable advantage over Hilary Clinton. The union
is the largest and best organized in the whole state of Nevada and it represents the entire work
force that keeps Las Vegas Hotels and Casinos in permanent operation. The union
represents cooks, food servers, drivers, cleaning services, cocktail waiters,
bartenders, guest room attendants and porters. The culinary union will organize
its workers to start their own supporting campaign from now and until the
caucuses are over.
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