SEIU Stands Behind Kate Brown for Secretary of State

Oregon's Service Employees International Union Locals 503 and 49, which represents more than 50,000 workers, have endorsed Senator Kate Brown for Secretary of State based on recommendation from their membership.

"Kate Brown has the background and capabilities to build on the good work of Bill Bradbury as Secretary of State and further invigorate the office," said Barbara Casey, statewide chair of CAPE, SEIU's political arm in Oregon. "We are especially impressed with her vision of the Secretary of State's role in auditing the performance of state agencies to ensure they are working as well as they should for all of us. Kate's activist, progressive and effective record in public life makes her the ideal candidate to realize this ambitious vision."

"Throughout my career I have stood with union members in the legislature and on the picket lines, together we have fought for living wage jobs and expanded bargaining rights. I am honored to have the support of SEIU members in my run for Secretary of State," states Senator Brown.

SEIU joins the Oregon Education Association, Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council, Working Families Party, Oregon League of Conservation Voters, Basic Rights Oregon, EMILY's List, NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, Victory Fund, Twenty-First Century Democrats and hundreds of Oregonians from all across the state in supporting Kate Brown for Secretary of State.