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By MARC BUSSANICH
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January 27, 2021 at 6:27 PM
New York, NY A coalition of five major city unions announced their endorsements for 31 City Council candidates, some of whom will represent the next generation of New York City Council leaders if elected on November 2.
The Labor Strong 2021 coalition represents 362,000 workers in a variety of sectors, including healthcare, building services, telecommunications, hospitality and public service. The unions in the coalition include 32BJ SEIU, Communications Workers of America District 1, District Council 37, Hotel Trades Council and the New York State Nurses Association.
All five unions have traditionally and historically played an important individual role in New York City politics. But this is the first time that they are joining forces to collectively endorse candidates, and they emphasized that they will be committing significant resources to the races that they’ve endorsed.
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