Posted on 04/10/2008 12:00:04 AM PDT by kingattax
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama on Wednesday won the endorsement of the country's largest postal workers union in a fresh boost to his 2008 nomination race against rival Hillary Clinton.
"Senator Obama's message is one of hope and change," American Postal Workers Union (APWU) president William Burrus said in a statement.
"We believe he will be a president who will strongly represent the interests of working Americans," he added.
The union represents more than 300,000 postal employees and retirees.
The support follows last week's endorsement of Obama by the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees.
The Illinois senator also enjoys the support of the five-million-member Change to Win, a national affiliation of seven unions including the powerful Teamsters Union and the Service Employees International Union.
Last year New York Senator Clinton earned the first endorsement by a top labor union -- the United Transportation Union.
Clinton and Obama are next set to square off in the state of Pennsylvania, where their party primary is scheduled for April 22.
Pennsylvania has some 745,000 union members, most of them Democrats, and their vote is seen as key to the outcome of the primary.
Union endorsements are prized by candidates in the Democratic nominating race, where labor blocs remain influential, and in the general election when their vast organizational network can help get out the vote.
hope. something americans need every day when it comes to getting our mail.
I hardly ever send anything by USPS anymore. Email gets information to its destination much faster, and Lone Star, UPS, or Fedex are more reliable for sending packages.
Bankrupt establishment endorses empty suit.
wow
Postal... figures.
Was at the post office the other day and some guy was complaining about the price of stamps going up again. The clerk said “Well at least we aren’t Big Oil, where they’re raising your price 50 cents per gallon every year.” I’m pretty sure everyone who works at the post office is a Democrat, unless they’re now retired. :O)
Since, by your own admission, you haven't sent anything by USPS in recent memory, you don't know that in the last few years, USPS has become one of the fastest, cheapest and most reliable shipping methods. Priority Mail, despite recent price hikes, is still the best deal for sending 1-5 lb. packages anywhere in the world. I sell on eBay and ship about 100 packages per month, 25% of which are international. I have never had one go missing, or arrive in damaged condition. Priority Mail takes at most 3 days coast to coast, and most of the time it gets there in 2 days. I've sent Priority Mail to Australia that got there in 3 days. UPS and FedEx have nothing to compare. UPS and FedEx ground are comparable in price to Priority, but much slower for long distances, and, unlike USPS, there's no Saturday delivery.
Pretty sure he’ll get the convict vote, the illegal alien vote, the deceased vote, the ex-convict vote, the welfare recipient vote, the baby-daddy vote, the dope peddler vote and the pimp-daddy vote, as well. It’s like a NEW, new deal!
Just don't ask what kinds.
I remember when a mailbox was common.
I'm sorry but that just sounds fake to me...did he or she really say that?
I’m pretty sure everyone who works at the post office is a Democrat
You'd better hope not, seeing as how they have just about a million employees.
The post office delivers more first class mail in one day than UPS could deliver in five years. And when has UPS delivered anything for 42 cents.
Think.
As a postal worker I'm pretty sure you're exceptionally wrong. About forty percent of postal workers, like me, are Republicans.
Postal worker?
Then you can forget about Saturday deliveries and most rural deliveries. If you live in the country you can plan on driving twenty miles or more one way to get your mail. If you're lucky. Because there's no way UPS is going to send trucks out to deliver letters unless it's a large bundle. Plus it will cost you a lot more to get it.
Not at all, just looking at the facts. What would UPS have to do to be able to visit every home in the US every day? What would be the price of a first class stamp? What about overseas mail?
Think. I mean no disrespect.
Apparently they already do mail in a, "share program with the U.S. Postal Service."
That's about packages.
This is a very revealing picture of the US Postal Service. Such an image can be revealed in their latest stamp, limited issue, “Stuck on Stupid.”
Actually Fedex and the USPS share Fedex airplanes.
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