Teachers disagree on endorsements
The state’s largest teachers union bucked its elections committee and declined to endorse Hillary Clinton for president at last weekend’s delegate meeting in Los Angeles.
Supporters of rival Barack Obama characterized the indecisiveness of the 340,000-member California Teachers Assn. as a strategic victory.
“What impact the endorsement has now doesn’t measure up to the potential damage if the endorsed person doesn’t win,” said Michael Day, president of the Teachers Assn. of Long Beach, who attended as an observer.
Other teachers unions, including the California Federation of Teachers and the United Teachers of Los Angeles, have also declined to endorse a candidate.
-- Howard Blume
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