Media Advisory: Nearly 40 stand with Peduto at at 1PM Today

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Sonya Toler
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MEDIA ADVISORY

April 25, 2013, Pittsburgh, PA (PittsburghNewswire.com) – Today on the portico of the City County Building representatives from the nearly 40 unions, organizations, and elected officials, and individuals will gather at 1 p.m.to affirm their endorsement of Bill Peduto for Mayor.Speakers will include State Senators Jay Costa and Wayne Fontana, State Representative Ed Gainey, City Councilors Natalia Rudiak and Patrick Dowd, and Laborers’ District Council of Western Pennsylvania President and Business Manager Philip Ameris.

The list of endorsers to date include:

• State Senator Jay Costa, Senate Democratic Leader
• State Senator Wayne Fontana, Caucus Administrator
• State Representative Dan Frankel, Caucus Chair
• State Representative Ed Gainey
• State Representative Erin Molchany
• State Representative Frank Dermody, House Democratic Leader
• State Representative Paul Costa
• County Executive Rich Fitzgerald
• County Council President Chuck Martoni
• County Councilman Bill Robinson
• City Councilman Bruce Kraus
• City Councilman Patrick Dowd
• City Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak
• School Board President Sharene Shealey
• School Board Member Mark Brentley
• American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees 84 (AFSCME)
• Fraternal Association of Professional Paramedics Local 1
• International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 3 (IATSE)
• International Brother of Teamsters/Graphic Communications International Union Local 24 (IBT/GCIU)
• Ironworkers Local 3
• Laborers District Council of Western PA
• Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers Local 400 (PFT)
• Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ (SEIU)
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 12
• Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter (SOAR)
• United Food & Commercial Worker Local 23 (UFCW)
• United Steelworkers (USW)
• Ceasefire PA
• Clean Water Action
• Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania
• Equality PA
• Gertrude Stein Political Club of Greater Pittsburgh
• PA National Organization of Women (PA NOW)
• Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania
• Progress Pittsburgh PAC
• Sierra Club Allegheny Group
• Steel City Stonewall Democrats