The United Transportation Union has announced that they have endorsed Hillary Clinton for presidentWashington (EON) - The United Transportation Union has announced that they have endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.

This is the very first national union endorsement of the 2008 presidential race. The United Transportation Union represents 125,000 active and retired bus, railroad, and public transit workers.

The president of the United Transportation Union Paul Thompson put out a press release stating that “The UTU has a long history of picking winners early. Hillary will be a president that America’s working families can count on. Tiem and again, as a United States senator, she has stood with us.”

Clinton stated she was honored to have the support of the UTU. Clinton statd that “America’s workers have been invisible to this administration, and it’s time they have an advocate in the White House.”

Clinton threw in that shot at the Bush administration in celebrating the endorsement.