Government
How Hillary Clinton Won Over the Hardhats
The Democratic candidate has the endorsement of an alliance of 14 different unions from the building and construction industries.
Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a break from campaigning in New York’s primary contest on Tuesday for a brief stop in Washington, D.C., to give an address to some of her most stalwart supporters.
Clinton spoke at the 2016 Legislative Conference of North America's Building Trades Unions, an alliance of 14 different unions from the building and construction industries. She won the unions’ endorsement for president back in December. Judging by the applause lines Tuesday—and the Building Trades Unions’ clap-back at a surrogate for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for suggesting she was speaking to donors—the unions’ members don’t regret their decision.