Miami-Dade County Commissioner\u00a0Vicki Lopez\u00a0is adding support from three labor unions in her bid to keep her District 5 seat on the 13-member panel.<\/p>\n
Lopez\u2019s campaign this week announced endorsements from UNITE HERE Local 355 and the South Florida AFL-CIO, adding to a list of other collective bargaining organizations and elected leaders backing her.<\/p>\n
In an accompanying statement, South Florida AFL-CIO President Jeffrey Mitchell said his umbrella group\u2019s 60 local unions, representing 250,000 members, are entirely behind Lopez.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe South Florida AFL-CIO \u2026 proudly voted unanimously to endorse Commissioner Vicki Lopez\u2019s campaign and are excited to continue to partner with her as she champions policies and programs that empower working families in Miami-Dade County,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Lopez has also received endorsements from AFSCME Florida<\/a>, SEIU 32BJ<\/a>, SEIU Local 1991<\/a>, the\u00a0South Florida Police Benevolent Association<\/a>, Metro-Dade Firefighters IAFF Local 1403<\/a>,\u00a0Miami Beach IAFF Local 1510<\/a>,\u00a0 the Miami-Dade chapter of the\u00a0Florida State Fraternal Order of Police<\/a>, Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz\u00a0and Miami Beach Commissioners\u00a0Tanya Katzoff Bhatt,\u00a0Laura Dominguez,\u00a0Alex Fernandez\u00a0and\u00a0Monica Matteo-Salinas.<\/p>\n \u201cPublic service is about showing up, listening, and solving problems \u2014 and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ve worked to do throughout my time serving this community,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cI am grateful for the trust local workers have placed in me, and I will continue fighting for a stronger Miami-Dade County where families can afford to live, local businesses can thrive, and everyone has the opportunity to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n