The Massachusetts AFL-CIO Executive Council Endorses Senator Barack Obama

Earlier today, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Executive Council voted to endorse Senator Barack Obama for President. Click here to read about the other candidates who were also endorsed today.

President Robert J. Haynes, Massachusetts AFL-CIO had this to say, “Senator Obama has consistently shown himself to be a public servant who stands with and fights for working families, and has committed himself to turning this country around. The Massachusetts AFL-CIO is proud to endorse Barack Obama for President of the United States , and is ready to launch a grassroots mobilization effort to communicate with our members about why Senator Obama is the right choice for working families. We'll work as much and as hard as it takes to give Senator Obama the opportunity to sit in the Oval Office on behalf of working families to turn this country around and once again give us the chance we used to have to achieve the American Dream by working hard and playing by the rules.”

Click here to read the Massachusetts AFL-CIO's new webpage on Senator Obama where you can learn about why Senator Obama is the candidate for working families.

Click here to read about how the National AFL-CIO has also endorsed Senator Obama as of Thursday, June 26th, 2008. Click here to view the AFL-CIO's website on Senator Obama.

Click here to watch Senator Obama speaking about working families and healthcare.