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Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi continued to gain momentum on the labor front in his bid for the U.S. Senate nomination, gaining the endorsement of the politically influential Teamsters Joint Council 25.

The endorsement of the 100,000 member joint council representing 25 member unions, to be formally announced Monday, is one of the region’s largest labor organizations in the region. It is the 10th endorsement the five-term congressman from Schaumburg has gained from labor in his campaign.

“He’s stood with our members on picket lines, he’s gone after powerful corporations that shortchange workers, and he’s championed labor at every step,” Thomas Stiede, president of the Teamsters’ joint council, said of Krishnamoorthi in a stateme

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