Booneville, MS--Members and leaders of the nation's strongest and fastest growing union, the Service Employees International Union, tonight extend their congratulations to Travis Childers for his reelection to the U.S. House from Mississippi's 1st Congressional District.

SEIU spent $27,471 on direct mail independent expenditures and contacted close to 100,000 voters to get out the vote in support of Childers.

SEIU members proved that they make politics work and elected a candidate who not only talks the talk, but walks the walk," said SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger. "Now, instead of sitting back and waiting to see what happens, members are staying out in the streets and holding our new leaders accountable for the promises they made over this past campaign season on affordable health care and rebuild the middle class by restoring workers' freedom to join unions."

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