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Commercial food workers, seafarers, electrical workers, elevator workers join to support a new generation of leadership for New Bedford.

Mayoral candidate Matt Morrissey today officially announced that five union local representing hundreds of workers in New Bedford and thousands statewide have endorsed his campaign for a new generation of leadership.

Locals 791 and 328 of the United Food and Commercial Workers, which represent supermarket workers; Local 2222 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the Seafarers International Union; and the Elevator Constructors have all endorsed Morrissey.

“Working families are the backbone of New Bedford, and I am proud and honored to have the support of hundreds of these families across the community,’’ Morrissey said today. “Working families have seen a 54 percent increase in their property tax bills and all they have to show for that investment is the fourth highest unemployment rate in Massachusetts, a 33 percent dropout rate and 18 unsolved murders. They understand that new energy, new ideas, and a whole new way of doing business at City Hall are needed to improve their quality of life.”

In endorsing Morrissey, Seafarers International Union Boston Port Agent Gerard Dhooge wrote to Morrissey: 

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328 President David Fleming wrote: