FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 22, 2006

Contact: Elisa Yadao
(808) 595-7449

HONOLULU- Senator Dan Akaka is pleased to have received additional endorsements
from: Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Association of Retired Firefighters of Hawaii, Communications Workers of America Local 9415, Governor George Ariyoshi, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, Hawaii State Council of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the Humane Society
Legislative Fund, International Brotherhood and Allied Trades Local 1791, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 90, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 121, International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsman
Local 1, International Union of Painters & Allied Trades District Council 50, Ironworkers Local 625, Ironworkers Local 803, Marine Engineer??€™s Beneficial Association District 1, Mayor Harry Kim, Mayor Mufi Hannemann, Musicians Association of Hawaii Local 677, Na ??€˜A??€˜ahuhiwa Retired Native Hawaiian Judges, Native Hawaiian Bar Association, Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, Operating Engineers Local 3, Plasterers & Cement Masons Local 630, United Association (UA), Sheet Metal Workers Local 293,
U.S. Senator John Kerry, and the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 480.
??€œWith the primary election tomorrow, it is encouraging to have gained the support of so many more individuals and organizations,??€ ? said Senator Akaka. ??€œI hope to receive their votes on Saturday to continue to work on their behalf.??€ ?
To date, Senator Akaka has received endorsements from the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), Council for a Livable World (CLW), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), Hawaii Carpenters Union Local 745 (HCU), Hawaii Fire Fighters Association (HFFA), Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA), Hawaii State Legislators, Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA), Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Union Local 996, Hui Ana O Makai - HPD Retirees, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Lawyers for Akaka, National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), National
Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS), National Association of Social Workers(NASW), National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), Peace Action, Peace Action Maui, Planned Parenthood, Plumbers and Fitters Local 675, Progressive Democrats of Hawaii (PDH), Seafarers International Union Port of Honolulu (SIU), State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHAA), State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO), U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Representative Neil Abercrombie, U.S. Senator Barack Obama, U.S. Senator Dan Inouye, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, UNITE HERE Local 5, United Public Workers Local 646 (UPW) and the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA).
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