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Hillary Clinton Campaign Press Release - International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Endorses Clinton

August 30, 2007

8,000 Iowa Members to Organize for Clinton

Iowans for Hillary today announced the endorsement of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The IAM is among the nation's largest industrial trade unions, representing nearly 8,000 active and retired members in Iowa, and over 700,000 nationwide in airline, aerospace, manufacturing, railroad, woodworking and shipbuilding industries. The IAM is a member of the AFL-CIO.

"Hillary Clinton has been a tireless advocate for working families who have been made to feel invisible to this Administration," said President of the Iowa State Council of Machinists Joe Ironside. "Her strength and experience make her the most qualified candidate to bring about the change working families need."

"Hillary Clinton earned the IAM's endorsement by focusing on jobs, health care, education and trade – the bread and butter issues of the American middle class," said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger. "She is the only candidate of either party to come forward with a comprehensive manufacturing policy and the only candidate to connect with millions of Americans who feel invisible to the current administration."

The IAM will launch a massive education campaign among IAM members and extensive publicity in union publications and websites nationwide. Twenty-five states with over 450,000 active and retired IAM members will vote in the three weeks starting with the Iowa caucuses and ending with the polls closing in California on February 5th.

"I am honored to receive the support of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers," Clinton said. "It is time for America's working families to again share in our nation's prosperity. They will not be invisible to my administration."

The United Transportation Union and its 125,000 active and retired members endorsed Clinton earlier this week.

Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Campaign Press Release - International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Endorses Clinton Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/297352

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