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Maryland Governor Wes Moore's positioning as a worker-friendly Democrat is taking on water, with union officials describing an administration that talks well but delivers poorly.
AFL-CIO has declined to endorse his reelection campaign this year — a pointed retreat from its 2022 backing — and Baltimore/Washington International Airport food service workers launched a "Poor Because of Moore" campaign this month, saying Moore has not done enough to help them win higher wages.
AFL-CIO Backs Away After Questionnaire Goes Unanswered Donna Edwards, president of the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO, told Axios that Moore's team did not return the endorsement questionnaire, a baseline requirement the group says must be met before any endorsement is considered.
But the damage runs deeper than a missed form: sources told Axios that no one at the group's spring meeting spoke up in favor of backing Moore, suggesting the estrangement is collective, not procedural.
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