Feb 26, 2008 10:45 am US/Central
Al Franken Endorsed By Service Employees Union
ST. PAUL (AP) ―
The Minnesota State Council of the Service Employees International Union has endorsed Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken.
The union says it had candidates seeking endorsement spend a workday with an SEIU member. Franken spent one with a Robbinsdale nursing home worker. The SEIU has more than 28,000 members in Minnesota.
Franken previously won endorsements from Education Minnesota, which represents 70,000 teachers, and Council 5 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents 43,000 public and nonprofit employees.
The satirist's leading rival for the DFL Party endorsement, attorney Mike Ciresi, has the backing of another AFSCME local, Council 65, which represents 13,000 county government employees.
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