Hillary and Bill Clinton – looks like neither made a real smart choice.
The Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) today added their voices to those of their union brothers and sisters in the United Transportation Union (UTU) in making a SMART choice by announcing their joint support for Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next President of the United States.
You know full well that they don’t call me Topical Tommy on this blog, or any other blog for that matter, but I’m surprised I hadn’t heard about either the . Then again, sheet metal unions and Hillary Clinton probably don’t gel too well to make some of your more newsworthy items.
SMART is a newly formed labor powerhouse, merging the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association and the United Transportation Union, resulting in a combined membership of more than 230,000. SMART represents rail workers, bus operators and mechanics, transit workers, airline pilots and employees, and sheet metal workers that perform work in the building and construction trades, in production manufacturing, and in the railroad and shipyard industries. The official merger will take place in January 2008 and will give members stronger representation at the work place as well as on Capitol Hill.
“Those of us in the labor movement have endured great hardship over the past seven years in representing the interests of our respective members, as well as carrying the torch for all working persons and their families. Hillary Clinton understands our issues. She knows the importance of sound policies and programs and will deal fairly and intelligently in addressing the energy crisis, fair trade, quality and affordable health care, funding college and technical education and training, as well as protecting retirement security,” continued Sullivan. “She is second to none in understanding the need for enlightened leadership in our relations with other countries around the world.”
Personally, I’m starting to warm a bit to Hillary, but that doesn’t mean one iota in Iowa or anywhere else considering I’m not eligible to vote – eligible to pay taxes, mind. Still, maybe one day.
So, anybody for Hillary 2008?
[...] it’s Hillary who is somehow the champion of the humble sheet metal worker. She’s been endorsed by SMART and has also been hailed as having ‘testicular fortitude’ by Paul Gibson, the President [...]