AFL-CIO meets candidates before making endorsements
Every two years, the political arm of the
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations meets to discuss statewide elections.
"It's important to know who represents us and how they're going to govern," AFL-CIO Texas President Beck Moeller said.
Sandy Tuttle, from Athens, Texas, said this convention let's her ask the candidates the questions she cares about.
"We want to know what their position is on different things," Tuttle said.
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She then takes the information back to her local union and community.
"We hear a lot of things on TV about this and that. We really better listen and see through that rhetoric that we see on TV," Tuttle said.
About 20 candidates in statewide races are scheduled to address the group this weekend. Based on what they hear, the AFL-CIO members will decide who they will endorse.
Conference attendee Michael Williams said the conference helps him cut through the clutter.
"You hear so much and you have to weed through so much to get to the truth the basic truths. And looking the guy eyeball to eyeball, hearing what they're saying. I think that you get a better understanding of what is actual, you get a better understanding of where the real issues are," he said.
Williams said this allows him and his fellow union members to be more informed when they head to the polls.