Subject: Catherine Cortez Masto Endorsed by Nevada State AFL-CIO
From: Cortez Masto Press <[email-masked]>
To: Cortez Masto Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 11:05:47 -0700

For Immediate Release

May 3, 2016

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Catherine Cortez Masto Endorsed by Nevada State AFL-CIO

Organization representing over 200,000 Nevadans cites Cortez Masto’s
commitment to fighting for policies that support working families like
stopping job-killing trade deals and ending tax breaks for corporations
that ship American jobs overseas

Las Vegas, NV – Today, the Nevada State American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) announced its endorsement of
former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto to be the state’s
next U.S. Senator. The Nevada State AFL-CIO is the state federation of
labor that represents over 200,000 members of 120 unions throughout Nevada.

The AFL-CIO highlighted Cortez Masto’s commitment to solving problems for
Nevada’s working families like raising the minimum wage, ensuring women are
paid equal for equal work, and stopping job-killing trade deals. This
stands in clear contrast with Cortez Masto’s opponents, Congressman Heck
and Sharron Angle, both of whom would stand with their Party bosses in
Washington over Nevada working families.

“There is no question that Catherine Cortez Masto is the candidate who will
fight for our state’s hardworking families,” said Danny Thompson, Executive
Secretary Treasurer of the Nevada State AFL-CIO. “Catherine has spent her
career solving problems and working across party lines to get things done. She
will fight for the middle class and union families.  In contrast, her
opponents Sharron Angle and Congressman Heck support failed Republican
policies that crashed Nevada’s economy and sent countless Nevadans to the
unemployment lines.”

“I’m honored to have the support of the Nevada AFL-CIO for my campaign for
Senate,” said Cortez Masto. “I will always stand with them in the fight for
more jobs and higher wages. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for my
opponents, Sharron Angle and Congressman Heck. Just last year, Congressman
Heck voted in Washington to fast track a job-killing trade deal that was
negotiated in secret. In contrast to Congressman Heck, as Nevada’s next
Senator I will work with organized labor and members of both parties to
solve problems and create good-paying jobs here in Nevada, not ship them
overseas.”

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