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Building Trades Meeting Wrap Up
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Nikki Budzinski Sep 9, 2015 3:28 PM
Good afternoon
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The meeting this afternoon with HRC and NABTU went very very well. After the meeting there was a lot of talk about appreciation for her willingness to be candid and up front with them on a difficult issue like KXL. We are on track for other trades endorsements in the coming weeks.
I've outlined below a breakdown of where we are with each trade union. I will be doing individual follow up calls tomorrow afternoon. Great news that today we received the Bricklayers endorsement coming out of the meeting today. They brought checks today:)
Sean McGarvey after the meeting with HRC, encouraged unions that are ready to go to move forward with their endorsements. I was being respectful of this process, and now have the green light. Sean will circle back in another month on the idea of a Governing Board of Presidents endorsement recommendation. Sean wants to do it. He needs to get LIUNA and IBEW to be in a good place, Mike and I will work toward that.
One thing that will be helpful: Detailed infrastructure policy roll out soon. I would really like to use this to push these guys and also their members on the ground. Help on this would be appreciated. I know policy is working on it, but a time frame would be very helpful to know. I will reach out to Maya as well.
LIUNA: First regarding KXL, we should not be surprised if LIUNA still puts out a critical statement in response to our statement when it goes out. I expect it to be measured though. LIUNA is in a better place this afternoon then when we started the day. The meeting with HRC was helpful and appreciated by their side. They will not endorse anyone else but it is likely they will not endorse early in the primary. You might even notice them reaching out to Republicans, that is for show. I feel more confident today that we will actually get them down the road then I ever have. I will touchbase with their staff tomorrow.
IBEW: They have said that they will not be endorsing Bernie but they will also likely not be a early endorser either. This is a union we'll keep working. Yesterday, we hosted a working women in labor get together in Manhattan with 15 different women in labor. I will be building on this event. The IBEW Intl Rep there called the Intl, reported on the positive meeting and expressed her HRC support. I think we just need to keep up the drum beat.
UA: The Plumbers for reference are already on the Priorities board. They are the only union that proactively called me after the meeting to follow up on Keystone. They want to endorse Monday but don't want to do that immediately after our Keystone statement. UA is one of the four unions impacted by a Keystone decision. They will likely give a little breathing room between our KXL statement and their endorsement but they are on board. I'm coordinating timing with staff. I will also be asking Randi Weingarten to call Hite in the next day or two. She can help here.
IUPAT: They have conducted their internal poll, HRC is on top. They are ready to go. The President asked me today if HRC will visit a training facility. I think this would be very helpful. They would love to do an endorsement at a facility. Is there anyway to find a date/time to do this? They can be flexible on location.
Operating Engineers: They are another union impacted by the KXL decision. Callahan is from NY and wants to be there and is motivated to endorse. He has requested a 30 minute conversation with his Executive Board and HRC. We do that, they will endorse. I have flagged this for Heather as a scheduling request already.
Ironworkers: They will endorse in October. Eric Dean will be pushing it with his board. They are impacted by KXL as well. More details on infrastructure roll out and policy will assist here and keep things on track.
SMART; Sellers is in a good place. I need to follow up with staff. Sanders came to their Convention (no idea why they invited him), which got some members fired up. They will be on board, just need to push. Mike will help me with this.
Insulators Union/Roofers Union/Elevators Union: Each of these three unions are small but will keep working with Mike to push. Again, infrastructure plans and details will help here.
OPCMIA-Good place. I just need to follow up.
BAC-Done. Endorsed.
Nikki Budzinski
Labor Outreach Director
Hillary for America
646-854-1442 (direct)
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Marlon Marshall Sep 9, 2015 3:31 PM
This is great work, Nikki. Adding Jake on the infrastructure piece since it's critical to landing a lot of these things
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Nikki Budzinski <nbudzinski@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:
Good afternoonThe meeting this afternoon with HRC and NABTU went very very well. After the meeting there was a lot of talk about appreciation for her willingness to be candid and up front with them on a difficult issue like KXL. We are on track for other trades endorsements in the coming weeks.I've outlined below a breakdown of where we are with each trade union. I will be doing individual follow up calls tomorrow afternoon. Great news that today we received the Bricklayers endorsement coming out of the meeting today. They brought checks today:)Sean McGarvey after the meeting with HRC, encouraged unions that are ready to go to move forward with their endorsements. I was being respectful of this process, and now have the green light. Sean will circle back in another month on the idea of a Governing Board of Presidents endorsement recommendation. Sean wants to do it. He needs to get LIUNA and IBEW to be in a good place, Mike and I will work toward that.One thing that will be helpful: Detailed infrastructure policy roll out soon. I would really like to use this to push these guys and also their members on the ground. Help on this would be appreciated. I know policy is working on it, but a time frame would be very helpful to know. I will reach out to Maya as well.LIUNA: First regarding KXL, we should not be surprised if LIUNA still puts out a critical statement in response to our statement when it goes out. I expect it to be measured though. LIUNA is in a better place this afternoon then when we started the day. The meeting with HRC was helpful and appreciated by their side. They will not endorse anyone else but it is likely they will not endorse early in the primary. You might even notice them reaching out to Republicans, that is for show. I feel more confident today that we will actually get them down the road then I ever have. I will touchbase with their staff tomorrow.IBEW: They have said that they will not be endorsing Bernie but they will also likely not be a early endorser either. This is a union we'll keep working. Yesterday, we hosted a working women in labor get together in Manhattan with 15 different women in labor. I will be building on this event. The IBEW Intl Rep there called the Intl, reported on the positive meeting and expressed her HRC support. I think we just need to keep up the drum beat.UA: The Plumbers for reference are already on the Priorities board. They are the only union that proactively called me after the meeting to follow up on Keystone. They want to endorse Monday but don't want to do that immediately after our Keystone statement. UA is one of the four unions impacted by a Keystone decision. They will likely give a little breathing room between our KXL statement and their endorsement but they are on board. I'm coordinating timing with staff. I will also be asking Randi Weingarten to call Hite in the next day or two. She can help here.IUPAT: They have conducted their internal poll, HRC is on top. They are ready to go. The President asked me today if HRC will visit a training facility. I think this would be very helpful. They would love to do an endorsement at a facility. Is there anyway to find a date/time to do this? They can be flexible on location.Operating Engineers: They are another union impacted by the KXL decision. Callahan is from NY and wants to be there and is motivated to endorse. He has requested a 30 minute conversation with his Executive Board and HRC. We do that, they will endorse. I have flagged this for Heather as a scheduling request already.Ironworkers: They will endorse in October. Eric Dean will be pushing it with his board. They are impacted by KXL as well. More details on infrastructure roll out and policy will assist here and keep things on track.SMART; Sellers is in a good place. I need to follow up with staff. Sanders came to their Convention (no idea why they invited him), which got some members fired up. They will be on board, just need to push. Mike will help me with this.Insulators Union/Roofers Union/Elevators Union: Each of these three unions are small but will keep working with Mike to push. Again, infrastructure plans and details will help here.OPCMIA-Good place. I just need to follow up.BAC-Done. Endorsed.
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Jake Sullivan Sep 9, 2015 4:16 PM
Thanks. Good timing. Vlacich emailed us today about wanting infrastructure for next Thursday in Nevada. Adding our econ team. We will follow up.
This is great work, Nikki. Adding Jake on the infrastructure piece since it's critical to landing a lot of these thingsOn Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Nikki Budzinski <nbudzinski@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:Good afternoonThe meeting this afternoon with HRC and NABTU went very very well. After the meeting there was a lot of talk about appreciation for her willingness to be candid and up front with them on a difficult issue like KXL. We are on track for other trades endorsements in the coming weeks.I've outlined below a breakdown of where we are with each trade union. I will be doing individual follow up calls tomorrow afternoon. Great news that today we received the Bricklayers endorsement coming out of the meeting today. They brought checks today:)Sean McGarvey after the meeting with HRC, encouraged unions that are ready to go to move forward with their endorsements. I was being respectful of this process, and now have the green light. Sean will circle back in another month on the idea of a Governing Board of Presidents endorsement recommendation. Sean wants to do it. He needs to get LIUNA and IBEW to be in a good place, Mike and I will work toward that.One thing that will be helpful: Detailed infrastructure policy roll out soon. I would really like to use this to push these guys and also their members on the ground. Help on this would be appreciated. I know policy is working on it, but a time frame would be very helpful to know. I will reach out to Maya as well.LIUNA: First regarding KXL, we should not be surprised if LIUNA still puts out a critical statement in response to our statement when it goes out. I expect it to be measured though. LIUNA is in a better place this afternoon then when we started the day. The meeting with HRC was helpful and appreciated by their side. They will not endorse anyone else but it is likely they will not endorse early in the primary. You might even notice them reaching out to Republicans, that is for show. I feel more confident today that we will actually get them down the road then I ever have. I will touchbase with their staff tomorrow.IBEW: They have said that they will not be endorsing Bernie but they will also likely not be a early endorser either. This is a union we'll keep working. Yesterday, we hosted a working women in labor get together in Manhattan with 15 different women in labor. I will be building on this event. The IBEW Intl Rep there called the Intl, reported on the positive meeting and expressed her HRC support. I think we just need to keep up the drum beat.UA: The Plumbers for reference are already on the Priorities board. They are the only union that proactively called me after the meeting to follow up on Keystone. They want to endorse Monday but don't want to do that immediately after our Keystone statement. UA is one of the four unions impacted by a Keystone decision. They will likely give a little breathing room between our KXL statement and their endorsement but they are on board. I'm coordinating timing with staff. I will also be asking Randi Weingarten to call Hite in the next day or two. She can help here.IUPAT: They have conducted their internal poll, HRC is on top. They are ready to go. The President asked me today if HRC will visit a training facility. I think this would be very helpful. They would love to do an endorsement at a facility. Is there anyway to find a date/time to do this? They can be flexible on location.Operating Engineers: They are another union impacted by the KXL decision. Callahan is from NY and wants to be there and is motivated to endorse. He has requested a 30 minute conversation with his Executive Board and HRC. We do that, they will endorse. I have flagged this for Heather as a scheduling request already.Ironworkers: They will endorse in October. Eric Dean will be pushing it with his board. They are impacted by KXL as well. More details on infrastructure roll out and policy will assist here and keep things on track.SMART; Sellers is in a good place. I need to follow up with staff. Sanders came to their Convention (no idea why they invited him), which got some members fired up. They will be on board, just need to push. Mike will help me with this.Insulators Union/Roofers Union/Elevators Union: Each of these three unions are small but will keep working with Mike to push. Again, infrastructure plans and details will help here.OPCMIA-Good place. I just need to follow up.BAC-Done. Endorsed.