NEW YORK (TIP): 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East has endorsed Kamala Harris for President. The decision was made after the Union’s Executive Council—the highest decision-making body comprised of elected officers and rank-and-file members from every state and region of 1199SEIU—voted unanimously in support of her candidacy. With 450,000 members across the East Coast, 1199SEIU’s endorsement comes with a massive voter turnout and member engagement operation, ready to hit the streets to get out the vote to advance the most pro-worker agenda in US history.

“This is a unifying and electrifying moment for the Democratic Party and our country,” said George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU. “Vice President Harris is the next-generation leader we need to defeat those who would turn back the clock on our rights and instead ensure that working families can prosper and thrive. As a former senator, attorney general, and prosecutor, she is more than up to the task to prosecute the case of why a twice-impeached and 34-times convicted felon—the person who instigated the assault on our nation’s Capitol and who was also found liable for sexual assault—has no place anywhere near the Oval Office. As a Black and Asian woman, Kamala Harris will continue to shatter glass ceilings and inspire a new generation of Americans.”