The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has thrown its support to State Rep. Jeff Harris for Attorney General.
“Throughout my career, I have been honored to stand with organized labor on behalf of the working men and women of Missouri,” said Harris in a statement. “As the Democratic Leader in the Missouri House, I am proud to have fought against the Republican agenda pushed by Matt Blunt that has rolled back protections for Missouri’s working families.”
“When Republican special interests sued the state to get Governor Holden’s collective bargaining executive order rescinded, Jay Nixon turned to me as assistant attorney general to handle that case. I successfully defended that executive order in court and would do so again as attorney general.”
Harris has previously been endorsed by the Sheet Metal Workers, Operating Engineers Local 513 and Operating Engineers Local 148.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:43 pm
This is the largest labor endorsement by membership size so far so this is good news for Jeff Harris. But I am not sure how much most of these endorsements matter.
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:27 am
This endorsement, along with SEIU’s public rip at Koster, is huge news for Harris. It’s now obvious that Koster’s labor support is going to be much thinner than previously speculated, and it gives Harris a major victory over both Donnelly and Koster.
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:24 pm
let the spinning begin… dang it’s easy to tell the paid comments from genuine ones…
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Antonio I really hope you reconsider your support of Koster.
He is a bad choice for our state. He has been on the wrong side of nearly every important issue in the last four years.