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CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-Today, all four Ohio United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) locals — UFCW Local 17-A, Local 880, Local 1059, and Local 75 — released a joint statement announcing their endorsement of Joe Biden (pictured) for president, Biden a former vice president under former president Barack Obama, and the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president.
Ohio's Democratic primary is March 17 with both Biden and his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep Bernie Sanders, who lags in delegates, on the ballot.
"All across Ohio, workers from our food packing and processing centers to grocery and retail stores are yearning for leadership in Washington that listens to their everyday concerns and works to actually address them," the joint press release reads. "That's Joe Biden."
"We know that as president Biden will be a true champion for union members — working tirelessly to ensure their kids have a good education, that health care is accessible to everyone, and that our government rewards work, not just wealth," the press release says. "As president, Joe will make sure that labor isn't an afterthought."
The joint statement says that if Biden is elected president relative to November's general election it will "end the disastrous four years of Donald Trump."
Incumbent President Donald Trump, a Republican, has no serious opponent and the Democratic nominee will face him in November in what is sure to be a closely watched and possibly volatile election.
The aforementioned joint union endorsements build on the list of nearly 70 current and former elected officials and community leaders from across Ohio, including Congressman Tim Ryan, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, former CFPB Director Richard Cordray, former Congressman Edward Feighan, Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein, former Columbus City Councilmember Mary Jo Hudson, State Senator Herceal Craig, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, and Youngstown Mayor Jamael "Tito" Brown.
National unions have also endorsed Biden, including the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers (IW), Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association (OPCMIA), and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAW). The American Federation of Federation of Teachers (AFT) also encouraged members to support Biden among two other candidates.
Nationally, the Biden for President campaign has previously announced more than 2,100 endorsements from national, state, and local leaders, including current and former U.S. senators and representatives, governors, state elected officials, community leaders, and national security professionals.
