{"id":9255,"date":"2018-01-17T13:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T18:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9255"},"modified":"2018-01-17T13:02:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T18:02:05","slug":"seiu-local-32bj-endorses-ben-shnider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9255","title":{"rendered":"SEIU Local 32BJ Endorses Ben Shnider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Adam Pagnucco.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seiu32bj.org\/\">SEIU Local 32BJ<\/a>, the mammoth building services union that is one of the biggest and most powerful locals in SEIU, has endorsed insurgent candidate Ben Shnider in his challenge to District 3 Council Member Sidney Katz.\u00a0 Shnider has been working hard to topple Katz from the left but it&#8217;s an uphill challenge.\u00a0 An endorsement of this kind grants legitimacy to Shnider and will help him draw more progressive support.\u00a0 We will have a lot more to say about this race, but for now, we reprint the union&#8217;s press release below.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, January 17, 2018<\/p>\n<p>FOR MORE INFORMATION: Julie Karant: <a href=\"mailto:jkarant@seiu32bj.org\">jkarant@seiu32bj.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>32BJ SEIU ENDORSES BEN SHNIDER\u2019S BID TO UNSEAT MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL INCUMBENT, SIDNEY KATZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shnider\u2019s Unwavering Support for Working Families Sharply Contrasts Katz\u2019s Record of Opposing the $15 Minimum Wage<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Janitors and security officers from 32BJ of the Service Employees International (SEIU), today announced their endorsement of Ben Shnider\u2019s campaign to replace Montgomery County Council District 3 incumbent, Sidney Katz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSidney Katz originally voted against the $15 minimum wage which delayed the effort to raise the wages for struggling workers,\u201d said 32BJ SEIU Vice President Jaime Contreras. \u201cMontgomery County deserves a reliable champion like Ben Shnider who will fight for working families not industry lobbyists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>32BJ members will knock on doors and speak out within their communities towards the primary election scheduled for June 26th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m humbled and honored to have the backing of the incredible members of 32BJ. I\u2019m running to ensure that every resident of Montgomery County can afford to live and thrive in this community that I love. I\u2019m proud of the grassroots coalition we\u2019re assembling to bring new leadership to District 3. I\u2019ll work tirelessly on the County Council to provide the members of 32BJ &#8212; and all county residents &#8212; with the bold, progressive leadership they deserve,\u201d said Shnider.<\/p>\n<p>32BJ members are also inspired by Shnider\u2019s leadership on immigrant rights and racial justice during his tenure with Bend the Arc.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 163,000 members in 11 states, including 18,000 in the D.C. Metropolitan Area, 32BJ SEIU is the largest property service workers union in the country.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adam Pagnucco. SEIU Local 32BJ, the mammoth building services union that is one of the biggest and most powerful locals in SEIU, has endorsed insurgent candidate Ben Shnider in his challenge to District 3 Council Member Sidney Katz.\u00a0 Shnider has been working hard to topple Katz from the left but it&#8217;s an uphill challenge.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9255\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SEIU Local 32BJ Endorses Ben Shnider<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,770,277],"tags":[1545,2019,1988,1595,772],"class_list":["post-9255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adam-pagnucco","category-council-district-3","category-seiu","tag-adam-pagnucco","tag-ben-shnider","tag-council-district-3","tag-seiu","tag-sidney-katz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2ph","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9256,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions\/9256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}