FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 23, 2018
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PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FEDERATION ENDORSES GOVERNOR CUOMO FOR RE-ELECTION
As Federal Government Rolls Back Workers Rights, Public Employees Federation Backs Gov. Cuomo as Antidote to Trump’s America – Citing Proven Record of National Leadership Strengthening the Labor Movement in the Wake of Janus, Protecting Workers’ Ability to Collectively Bargain and Organize, Fighting for Better Wages and Working Conditions, and Making Union Dues Deductible from State Taxes
New York, NY – The Public Employees Federation today endorsed Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for a third term. PEF represents 54,000 professional, scientific, and technical employees across New York State. As Trump seeks to roll back workers’ rights, PEF praised the Governor’s national leadership strengthening the labor movement in the wake of the Supreme Court’s devastating Janus decision, protecting workers’ ability to collectively bargain and organize, fighting for better wages and working conditions and making union dues deductible from state taxes.
Wayne Spence, President, Public Employees Federation, said, “Governor Cuomo stands strong with the more than 50,000 hardworking men and women across New York who make government work for the people. While rabid, anti-union forces try to threaten and destroy our movement, Governor Cuomo has our backs. He has proven to be a champion who will fight for workers’ rights and ensure that union labor in New York is stronger than ever. The Governor has stood up and said we will never let union busting tactics win. PEF stands side by side with Andrew Cuomo and we are proud to endorse him for a third term.”
Governor Cuomo said, “Union labor built our middle class and it is union labor that is going to strengthen our state and lift up working people. New York will continue to lead the way in fighting back against the Trump administration as they seek to undo the progress we have achieved. The brothers and sisters of PEF deliver critical government services every day and keep the state of New York moving forward. I am proud to accept their endorsement and I will do everything in my power to strengthen and protect union labor in the face of these concerted attacks from Washington.”
PEF joins the growing list of elected officials, unions, women's and LGBTQ rights and progressive groups backing the governor, representing millions of New Yorkers statewide. This includes:
New York State Democratic Party
Secretary Hillary Clinton
Vice President Joe Biden
United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez
Congressman Jose E. Serrano
Congressman Adriano Espaillat
Former Congressman Charles B. Rangel
State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Mayor David Dinkins
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson
Public Advocate Letitia James
Senator Roxanne Persaud
Senator Velmanette Montgomery
Senator Brian Benjamin
Former Comptroller Carl McCall
Assemblywoman Latrice Walker
Assemblywoman Jaime Williams
Assemblywoman Tremaine Wright
Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa
Assemblywoman Inez E. Dickens
Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez
Assemblyman Al Taylor
Assemblyman Victor Pichardo
Assemblywoman Ari Espinal
Former Assemblywoman Annette Robinson
Borough President Melinda Katz
Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy
Broome County Executive Jason Garnar
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone
Ulster County Executive Mike Hein
Westchester County Executive George Latimer
Councilman Andrew Cohen
Councilman Andy King
Councilman Mark Gjonaj
Councilman Ritchie Torres
Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson
Councilman Rafael Salamanca Jr.
Councilman Paul Vallone
Councilman Peter Koo
Councilman Francisco Moya
Councilman Keith Powers
Councilman Ben Kallos
Councilman Mark Levine
Councilman Bill Perkins
Councilman Costa Constantinides
Councilman Barry Grodenchik
Councilman Rory Lancman
Councilman Daniel Dromm
Councilman I. Daneek Miller
Councilwoman Adrienne Adams
Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz
Councilman Donovan Richards
Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo
Councilman Stephen Levin
Councilman Robert Cornegy, Jr.
Councilman Mathieu Eugene
Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez
Councilwoman Alicka Ampry-Samuel
Councilwoman Margaret Chin
Councilwoman Carlina Rivera
Councilman Justin Brannan
Councilman Kalman Yeger
Councilman Alan Maisel
Councilman Mark Treyger
Councilman Chaim Deutsch
President NYS NAACP Hazel Dukes
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Giffords
Planned Parenthood Empire State Votes Political Action Committee
National Organization of Women (NOW) – New York
Human Rights Campaign
Stonewall Democratic Club
New York State League of Conservation Voters
AFL-CIO – New York
CSEA
1199SEIU
UAW
32BJ
DC37
The New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenters
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, Transportation (SMART) Transportation Division
RWDSU
CWA 1180
Building Trades Council of Greater New York
New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)
New York State Laborers
United Fire Officers Association
Leader of the New York County Democrats Keith Wright
Bronx, Brooklyn & Queens NYCHA Tenant Leaders
Erie County Democratic Committee
West Harlem Progressive Democratic Club
Lower East Side Democratic Club
Ben Franklin Independent Democrats
Barack Obama Democratic Club of Upper Manhattan
Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club of Queens
Gay & Lesbian Independent Democrats
Independent Neighborhood Democrats
Lexington Democrats
Martin Luther King Jr. Democratic Club
Arturo Schomburg Democratic Club
El Nuevo Caribe Democratic Club
Hell’s Kitchen Democrats
Chelsea Reform Democratic Club
Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club
Ansonia Independent Democrats
Park River Independent Democrats
Community Free Democrats
Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Club
Geraldine A. Ferraro Democratic Club
Saul Weprin & Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club
Wood-Heights Democratic Club
Fredrick E. Samuel Community Democratic Club
Northern Manhattan Democrats for Change
John F. Kennedy Democratic Club
Guy R. Brewer Democratic Club
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