Labor Unions Dominate Pelosi’s List of Speakership Endorsements

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (Screenshot)

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is touting a list of “More Than 30 Leading National Advocacy Organizations” endorsing her bid to become the next House speaker.

Of the 32 endorsements listed by Pelosi on her blog, nearly half (14) are labor unions. Multiple gun control, abortion activist, and pro-Obamacare health care groups are also featured on Pelosi’s endorsement list.

Only one “Environment Group” is credited with supporting Pelosi as speaker: the League of Conservation Voters.

See full list, grouped by special interest category, below.

LABOR GROUPS (14):

• AFL-CIO
• AFSCME
• SEIU
• United Farm Workers
• American Federation of Teachers
• National Education Association
• United Steelworkers
• Communications Workers of America
• Air Line Pilots Association,
• American Federation of Government Employees
• United Auto Workers,
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters,
• United Food and Commercial Workers, and
• National Association of Letter Carriers

GUN REFORM GROUPS (3):

• Brady Campaign
• Moms Demand Action
• Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence

WOMEN’S GROUPS (2):

• NARAL
• Feminist Majority

HEALTH CARE GROUPS (3):

• Little Lobbyists
• Protect Our Care
• Health Care Voter

DEMOCRACY GROUPS (3):

• End Citizens United
• People For the American Way
• Demand Justice

LGBTQ GROUPS (2):

• 100+ LGBTQ Advocates & Leaders
• Equality California

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS (1):

• League of Conservation Voters

RELIGIOUS GROUPS (1):

• NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice

PROGRESSIVE GROUPS (3):

• MoveOn
• Indivisible
• Tax March