NH AFL-CIO endorses Derry Town Counilor Josh Bourdon for Senate

Windham NH

07 September, 2020

12:49 PM

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(Hooksett, NH - September 7th, 2020) The New Hampshire AFL-CIO announced today the endorsement of Derry Town Counilor Josh Bourdon for the New Hampshire Senate in District 19. "Josh's work on the Derry Town Council and his volunteer work in the community has made clear that he's focused on helping working families by any means available to him," said New Hampshire AFL-CIO President Glenn Brackett. "His management of taxpayer money while assuring public safety in Derry demonstrates that he'll be a capable leader in the New Hampshire Senate." Since joining the Derry's Select Board in 2014, Bourdon has worked to increase funding for public safety and helped negotiate and resolve disputed labor contracts. He worked to create the Net Zero Task Force all while giving back and helping people in need. Over the past six years, Bourdon and his wife Leah have supported the Soup Kitchen, homeless Veteran population, low income families, the Derry Friendship Center, and Cancer research. "I am honored to have the support of the AFL-CIO. The AFL-CIO represents what is best about New Hampshire," Bourdon said. "They always work hard and have not let up, even in the middle of a pandemic. Working families can trust that I will always listen and advocate for them." ### About the New Hampshire AFL-CIO: The New Hampshire AFL-CIO represents over 25,000 working families and more than 50 affiliated local unions. As a strong statewide voice for all working people, the New Hampshire AFL-CIO brings together the unions of New Hampshire into one labor movement that fights for economic and social justice in our workplaces, and communities. No worker, no union fights alone.