UAW chief says union to endorse either Clinton or Sanders 'soon'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Politics | Thu May 19, 2016 1:03pm EDT

UAW chief says union to endorse either Clinton or Sanders 'soon'

DETROIT | BY BERNIE WOODALL AND JOSEPH WHITE

United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams said on Thursday the union will endorse either Democrat Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for U.S. president "soon," and called for unity among Democrats behind the eventual nominee.

Williams, head of the richest U.S. union, vowed that the labor group will be "all in" to support the eventual Democratic nominee. The UAW has more than 1 million current and retired members.

In a news conference at UAW headquarters, Williams did not say whether the UAW would endorse a candidate before the June 7 Democratic primary in California, but said he and top union leaders could decide quickly over the phone when the time comes to announce a decision.

In early polling of UAW members, 28 percent preferred Donald Trump, who is now the presumptive Republican nominee. Williams said the poll was conducted at a time when Trump talked about bringing jobs back to the United States and before the union distributed comments Trump made last August in a Detroit News interview when he said U.S. automakers should shift production from Michigan to states where wages could be lowered.

Williams would not reveal how Clinton or Sanders fared in the early polling among UAW members when Trump received about 28 percent of the support.

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[Hoyt]

1. Little late for Sanders.

[brooklynite]

4. There's still that Elizabeth Warren endorsement to hope for...

[Ash_F]

2. They would share how many voted for Trump but not the other two?

[xynthee]

3. So the "leaders" will decide?

I hope they do a more current poll of their members first. All I can tell is the poll was sometime after August.