WASHINGTON (AP) -- Union officials tell The Associated Press Sen. Barack Obama is likely to be endorsed by the Service Employees International Union on Friday.
The SEIU endorsement is one of the most coveted in organized labor, and it would give Obama a boost against Hillary Rodham Clinton in the March 4 primaries in Ohio and Texas.
The 1.8 million-member union would only say that President Andy Stern and Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger will make a major political announcement on Friday.
The organization has donated more than $25 million, mostly to Democratic candidates, since 1989. The union also has a powerful get-out-the-vote structure and has been courted by all the Democratic candidates since the beginning of the race.
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