Joe Rockey, the Republican candidate for Allegheny County Executive, has picked up the endorsement of one of the region’s more potent labor groups: the Pennsylvania District Council of the Laborers International Union of North America.
The move was not unexpected — the Laborers have backed GOP candidates in previous high-profile races. But the union has one of the largest wallets in the region, and Rockey lost no time in citing its support of his bipartisan appeal in a heavily Democratic county where he is seeking to run as a moderate against progressive Democrat Sara Innamorato.
"Joe Rockey is without question the person for the job," said Phil Ameris, who serves as the president of the Western Pennsylvania Laborers District Council. "We must elect a candidate who is qualified, has the knowledge on how to move Allegheny County forward and who understands that ... extreme political views will only cause division."
Rockey, a retired PNC Bank executive who touts working-class roots, welcomed the endorsement by saying his father and father-in-law, both union members, “are looking down with such great pride that the laborers are standing behind Joe Rockey for county executive.”
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He thanked the union “for the honor they’ve given me to say that I am backed by labor.”
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