{"id":24207,"date":"2016-01-12T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=20876"},"modified":"2020-08-24T19:10:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:10:50","slug":"ufcwendorsesclinton","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcwendorsesclinton\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Endorses Hillary Clinton For President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/clinton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/clinton.jpg\" alt=\"clinton\" width=\"2896\" height=\"1944\" \/><\/a>UFCW HIGHLIGHTS LENGTHY MEMBER DRIVEN ENDORSEMENT PROCESS IN ORDER TO SELECT STRONGEST 2016 CANDIDATE<\/p>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Since last year, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/\"><strong>United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>the largest private sector union in the nation,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>has actively engaged and reached out to its 1.3 million\u00a0diverse members about the issues they care about, and the positions they believe the next President of the United States should embody. Based on the collective opinion of our members, the UFCW is announcing today its\u00a0endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s announcement reflects a yearlong commitment made by the UFCW to pursue a thorough presidential endorsement process. As part of this effort, the UFCW conducted a series of nationwide meetings with current members and Local UFCW officers, internal polls of our union members, as well as focus groups with working and middle class non-union families from across the country who currently work or have worked in retail, to determine the issues that matter most to UFCW members and the workers the UFCW fights for every day.<\/p>\n<p>Based on these results, as well as additional discussions with UFCW Local Presidents and the UFCW Executive Board, the collective decision was that Hillary Clinton is indeed the best qualified and positioned candidate to win in 2016 and fight for the issues \u2013 such as job security, fair scheduling, paid leave, raising wages, immigration and health care reform \u2013 that matter most to our diverse union family.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Perrone, International President of the UFCW, released the following statement about the endorsement of Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFor our union family,\u00a0the 2016 Presidential election is about electing someone who will fight every single day for the issues that matter most to our 1.3 million hard-working members and their families. And, as one of the\u00a0most diverse unions in the nation, we believe it is critical to select a candidate who is not just ready to be President, but who best understands that the\u00a0strength of this nation is our unity and diversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our members\u2019 strong belief that Hillary Clinton is not just the strongest presidential candidate, but the right one. By working together, we believe our incredible members can help Secretary Clinton create the better America that our union family and all middle- and working-class families have earned and deserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe announce this endorsement with the full\u00a0belief that the frustrations felt by the American people are real, and that they deserve an America where better wages and better benefits are\u00a0enjoyed by all who help make this nation great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, these incredible retail and non-retail workers, who\u00a0help feed and serve this nation, deserve a president like Hillary Clinton who will fight to make sure that\u00a0paid leave, stable schedules, and higher wages become more than an election promise \u2013 they\u2019ll become a reality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to thank our members for their input, and are proud to have taken the time to make a thoughtful decision about this presidential endorsement. These\u00a0decisions are always difficult, especially when we have\u00a0good and committed\u00a0candidates who have dedicated their lives to fighting for America\u2019s families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Sen. Sanders and Gov. O\u2019Malley, we would like to\u00a0thank them and acknowledge their passion and\u00a0commitment to the better America we all believe in. Their voices have made a difference in this race, and we hope they will\u00a0continue to speak out for the issues that Secretary Clinton and all our families care about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking ahead to the fall, we are dedicated to mobilizing all our 1.3 million members across every\u00a0state\u00a0to help make Hillary Clinton the next President of the United States.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFCW HIGHLIGHTS LENGTHY MEMBER DRIVEN ENDORSEMENT PROCESS IN ORDER TO SELECT STRONGEST 2016 CANDIDATE WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014\u00a0Since last year, the\u00a0United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), the largest private sector union in the nation,\u00a0has actively engaged and reached out to its 1.3 million\u00a0diverse members about the issues they care about, and the positions they believe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":192,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24207","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Endorses Hillary Clinton For President - The United Food &amp; 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