Election Edition of the LI Fed News Podcast
A message from President John Durso

This month's edition of the Fed News Podcast focuses on the upcoming local elections in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

During the show, Roger and I discuss the process by which our movement endorses these candidates, as well as who among them are union members running for office and leaders that have really fought for working people during their time in office. Make sure to listen before you vote.

You can listen here or by clicking the image below.
Long Island Federation of Labor Endorsements
We have also included below a list of endorsed candidates from the Long Island Federation of Labor. These candidates share a common vision for helping workers and for the future of Long Island. Good jobs, with decent pay and benefits, are the basis of a stable middle-class lifestyle. That is something we can achieve together with these endorsed candidates. As you will see below in the two big county-wide elections, we have endorsed Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini.
Nassau County Endorsements
County Executive: Laura Curran (D)
Clerk: Maureen O'Connell (R)
District Attorney: Todd Kaminsky (D)
Nassau County Legislature
2nd Siela A. Bynoe (D)
3rd Carrie Solages (D)
4th Denise Ford (R)
5th Debra Mule (D)
6th Laura J. Burns (D)
8th John J. Giuffre (R)
9th Richard J. Nicolello (R)
10th Ellen Birnbaum (D)
11th Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D)
12th James D. Kennedy (R)
14th Laura M. Schaefer (R)
16th Arnold Drucker (D)
17th Rose Marie Walker (R)
Town of Hempstead
Town Supervisor            Donald X. Clavin, Jr. (R)
Town Clerk        Olena Nicks (D)
1st Council District         Dorothy Goosby (D)
4th Council District        Anthony P. D'Esposito (R)
6th Council District        Dennis Dunne, Sr. (R)
Town of North Hempstead
Supervisor        Wayne Wink (D)
Clerk    Vivianna Russell (D)
1st Council District         Robert J. Troiano, Jr. (D)
3rd Council District        Christine K. Pusateri (D)
5th Council District        Peter S. Fishkind (D)
Town of Oyster Bay (At-Large)
Supervisor  Joseph S. Saladino (R)
Clerk    Richard L. LaMarca (R)
Council Michele M. Johnson (R)
Council Louis B. Imbroto (R)
Council Thomas P. Hand (R)
City of Glen Cove (At-Large)
Mayor Tim Tenke (D)
Council Marsha Silverman (D)
Council Eve Lupenko Ferrante (D)
Council Gaitley Stevenson Matthews (D)
City of Long Beach (At-Large)
Council Tina M. Posterli (D)
Council John D. Bendo (D)
Suffolk County Endorsements
District Attorney: Tim Sini (D)
Sheriff: Errol Toulon (D)
Suffolk County Legislature
1st: Al Krupski (D)
2nd: Bridget Fleming (D)
4th: Nick Caracappa (R)
5th: Kara Hahn (D)
6th: Sarah S. Anker (D)
7th: Rob Calarco (D)
9th: Sam Gonzalez (D)
10th: Patricia Bergin (R)
11th: Steve Flotteron (R)
12th: Leslie Kennedy (R)
14th: Kevin McCaffrey (R)
15th: Jason Richberg (D)
16th: Susan Berland (D)
17th: Tom Donnelly (D)
18th: Mark Cuthbertson (D)
Town of Babylon (At Large)
Supervisor Rich Schaffer (D)
Council Tony Martinez (D)
Town of Brookhaven
Clerk   Ira Costell (D)
Town of Huntington (At-Large)
Supervisor   Rebecca Sanin (D)
Council   Jennifer Hebert (D)
Town of Smithtown
Supervisor   Edward Wehrheim (R)
Town of Islip
1st Council District   Jorge Guadron (D)
2nd Council District   Darrin Green (D)
Town of Riverhead (At -Large)
Supervisor   Catherine Kent (D)
Council   Evelyn Hobson-Womack (D)
Council   Juan Micieli-Martinez (D)
Town of Southampton
Supervisor   Jay H. Schneiderman (D)
Highway Superintendent   Thomas Neely (D)
Council   Robin Long (D)
Council   Tommy John Schiavoni (D)
Town of Southold
Council   Brian Mealy (D)
Striketober
Across the nation working people are standing up for themselves. All types of unions in multiple industries are taking action and some are currently engaged in work stoppages. So far this month, tens of thousands are out on strike, and by the end of the month over 100,000 people could be out as well. This has led to some calling this month Striketober. Below is a list of active strikes with AFL-CIO-approved boycotts. As union members, we all have a duty to support one another, through good times and bad. Do not patronize these brands until you hear that tentative agreements have been reached.

Boycott Kellogg's until the strike is over. You can help support the strike by donating to their strike fund. Currently, workers are only getting $105 a week in strike pay and Michigan does not give unemployment benefits to striking workers. Check out an interview by Kris LaGrange at UCOMM with the Kellogg's strikers here.