As a conclusion to his Economic R.E.V.I.V.A.L. tour, Tom Perriello received the endorsement of labor union UNITE HERE. Perriello, a Democrat challenging Democrat-turned-independent-turned-Republican Virgil Goode for his congressional seat, received the endorsement yesterday at the Hyosung Tire plant in Scottsville.
The union represents more than 10,000 manufacturing and textile workers in Virginia and almost a half a million nationwide. American manufacturing and textiles jobs have increasingly gone overseas, leaving large holes in the economies of much of Southside, Virginia, which is part of the Fifth Congressional District that also includes Charlottesville.
Tom Perriello, third from left, with members of a labor union at the Hyosung Tire plant in Scottsville
