Hillary Rodham Clinton won the presidential endorsement of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Wednesday, an important union boost for the Democratic front-runner. The union is the largest for workers in the public service sector with 1.4 million members nationwide. AFSCME represents government and private workers including nurses, bus drivers, child care providers, custodians and librarians. The New York senator will officially accept the endorsement later Wednesday. "I am honored to receive the support of AFSCME,' Clinton said in a statement. "In my administration, America's working families will again have a partner in the White House.'
See "Public Services Union Endorses Clinton", Jesse J. Holland, Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 30, 2007