Illinois AFL-CIO?s Endorsed Candidates For The March 20 Primary Election In Illinois.
Release: Jan. 11, 2012 Contact: Bill Looby(217) 492-2612
--- Illinois State AFL-CIO Endorsed Candidates for Primary Election ---Illinois? largest labor organization to activate member-to-member program Representatives of local and statewide labor organizations met Tuesday
in Burr Ridge to endorse candidates for the March 20 Primary Election in Illinois. More than 100 representatives make up the Illinois AFL-CIO?s
Committee on Political Education (COPE) that issues endorsement recommendations to the federation?s Executive Board. The Board ratified the endorsements later on Tuesday. The Illinois AFL-CIO also endorsed in primaries for General Assembly, as well as Appellate Court races. NOTE: CWA-AFA Member, Alex Arroyos, is an endorsed candidate in the 84th Illinois House District. (List Accompanies This Release Below).