Post by Logan on Apr 22, 2016 23:58:34 GMT -6
Could the pink slips handed out by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy cost Hillary Clinton at the ballot box in Connecticut?
While the Clintons crisscrossed the state Thursday as part of final push for the upcoming primary, Hillary Clinton’s national campaign chairman, John Podesta, quietly met with leaders of three major state employee and teacher unions in New Haven to try to settle tensions, Hearst Connecticut Media has learned.
The unions are fuming over 643 layoffs and budget cuts by the state under Malloy, a loyal Clinton surrogate who has campaigned in New Hampshire and Iowa for the former secretary of state.
Clinton’s campaign may have cause for concern over the strength of its support from labor, which played a key role in some of Clinton’s victories over Bernie Sanders in other states such as Nevada.
Read more: www.ctpost.com/local/article/Clinton-camp-does-damage-control-over-Malloy-s-7304483.php
While the Clintons crisscrossed the state Thursday as part of final push for the upcoming primary, Hillary Clinton’s national campaign chairman, John Podesta, quietly met with leaders of three major state employee and teacher unions in New Haven to try to settle tensions, Hearst Connecticut Media has learned.
The unions are fuming over 643 layoffs and budget cuts by the state under Malloy, a loyal Clinton surrogate who has campaigned in New Hampshire and Iowa for the former secretary of state.
Clinton’s campaign may have cause for concern over the strength of its support from labor, which played a key role in some of Clinton’s victories over Bernie Sanders in other states such as Nevada.
Read more: www.ctpost.com/local/article/Clinton-camp-does-damage-control-over-Malloy-s-7304483.php