The Massachusetts Service Employees International Union will endorse Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) in the special Senate election to fill John Kerry’s seat, MassLive.com reported Thursday. In choosing Markey, SEIU members voted for the more liberal candidate in the Democratic primary over former ironworker and union member Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA).
Thus far, unions have been divided over who to endorse.
The largest labor union in Massachusetts, the AFL-CIO, decided by member voterecently to skip endorsing either candidate in the primary, although both Markey and Lynch have already pulled their fair share of union support.
Markey has also landed an endorsement from the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 93, which represents around 35,000 people in the Bay State.
Lynch, a former iron worker and union member himself, has received nods of support from the Massachusetts Building Trades Council, the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Nurses Association, to name a few.
