UNITE HERE Endorses Larson, Bronin Fires Back

0:00Congressman John B. Larson just landed a big endorsement from Unite here, the Union repping 300,000 workers in hotels and food service. This comes as the Democrat faces his toughest primary challenge yet in Connecticut's first congressional district, from former Hartford Mayor Luke. Bronin, since Larson grabbed the seat back in 1998, Larson's camp is spinning this to pain Bronin as anti-union, saying workers need a fighter, not someone trying to gut their rights. Unite here's got real pull in New Haven from organizing Yale folks and local hotels, though it's less of a force up in greater Hartford where the votes happening. The Union's hyping, Larson's pro-labor record while they're in tub talks with the Waterford group over a double tree contract in Hartford. They're holding an event Saturday at 5 p.m. on a picket line near the Yard Goats baseball game, mixing the endorsement with their push for fair. Wages amid the affordability crunch. Bronin fires back, pointing to his time walking picket lines with Unite here and contract

1:01terms from the hotel redo he helped negotiate as mayor stuff, that protected Union jobs and tie tax breaks to keeping workers represented. He says the anti-union label is flat wrong. Meanwhile, bigger unions like the Connecticut AFL CIO are still watching, with interviews set for late June. In this low turnout August primary for a safe blue seat, every endorsement counts toward firing of voters, keeping the generational change talk. Against the veteran Larson in play, that's your update from Hartford News today, powered by AI.