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Looks like Muriel Bowser is racking up the labor union endorsements. Yesterday, she received an endorsement from a top labor union, D.C.’s AFL-CIO union coalition, and today she scored another endorsement, this time from District Council 20 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, which is the largest union representing D.C. government employees.
“I’m honored to be endorsed by the hardworking men and women of District Council 20, a group that helps represent the backbone of our economy,” Bowser said in a release. “Together, we will build an even stronger and more vibrant city, one that supports working families, grows middle-class jobs, and brings trusted leadership to the District of Columbia.”
Bowser’s endorsement from AFSCME Council 20 comes a day after the AFL-CIO endorsed her, which comes as a bit of a surprised since they “couldn’t agree on a candidate in the primary,” Loose Lips reports. But the council’s president, Joslyn Williams, said that they decided to back Bowser because of her “support for labor issues, including wage-theft enforcement and government workers’ right to unionize.”
In a release, Andrew Washington, Council 20’s executive director, said that Bowser is “the best choice to create a city that truly works for all, not just the top 20 percent,” and added that his union “[believes] her administration will be inclusive and she will respect the right of district workers to organize and bargain collectively.”