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The United Auto Workers have refused to endorse the gubernatorial campaign of Jill Long Thompson. According to Danny Ernstes, chairman of the Marion County UAW CAP Council, the UAW met at the Indiana Democratic Convention this morning and voted not to endorse the Democratic nominee. While Thompson has said she would reinstitute collective bargaining, has has refused a UAW request for retroactive action that would give power back to UAW locals. The UAW vote could be a blow to the Thompson-Oxley ticket because it has a network of field operations vital to any Democratic gubernatorial nominee. The Democrats needed to come away from today’s convention with the perception of unity. The UAW played an integral part of the field operations of the Jim Schellinger gubernatorial campaign as well as for past Democratic nominees. Indiana UAW chief Mo Davidson, third from left, said, "Jill is right on the majority of issues but there is one issue that concerned us and that’s why we had a meeting with the CAP Council this morning. I met with Jill this morning for a third time asking her to recognize the unity team. Jill, if you do that, the UAW will get behind you 100 percent." Davidson is shown here with Gov. Mitch Daniels and other union officials at the groundbreaking for the Getrag Transmission Plant in Tipton in 2007. Daniels has been able to secure union endorsements from the FOP, and firefighters, as well as from union officials such as Jay Potesta of the Sheetmetal union and Tommy O’Donnell, who were both sponsors of the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in May. Watch HPI for further Democratic Convention developments. (HPI Photo by Brian A. Howey)
Tags: Jay Potesta, Jill Long Thompson, Mitch Daniels, Mo Davidson, Tommy O'Donnell
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