New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has another reason to play those Bruce Springsteen records: he won the endorsement of the Laborers’ International Union of North America today. The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports:
LIUNA vice president Ray Pocino delivered the governor the union’s support and with it the manpower and resources of 20,000 members in New Jersey. He ticked off a list of building projects and construction funds revived during Christie’s administration, including the $2.5 billion Revel casino and a $750 million bond for education infrastructure. Four years ago, the powerful labor leader pledged his support to the Democrat, then-Gov. Jon Corzine.
“You have earned our support,” Pocino told Christie. “You have earned the right to finish the job you have started in our opinion.”
Standing on a stage in the Laborers Local 472′s training center, Christie and First Lady Mary Pat faced a sea of members wearing orange shirts with “LIUNA! Builds America. Feel the Power.” Air horns blared as members cheered and waved “Jersey Jobs” signs.
“You have earned our support,” Pocino told Christie. “You have earned the right to finish the job you have started in our opinion.”
Standing on a stage in the Laborers Local 472′s training center, Christie and First Lady Mary Pat faced a sea of members wearing orange shirts with “LIUNA! Builds America. Feel the Power.” Air horns blared as members cheered and waved “Jersey Jobs” signs.
It is quite a coup for the Republican, who has had rocky – to say the least – relations with state labor groups.
