UNITE President Bruce Raynor: UNITE has a long and proud history with John Edwards. We were the first national union to endorse him when he ran for Senate, and we are now the first national union to support him in his campaign for President. John Edwards is one of us. Like thousands of our members, he was raised in a textile mill village. He cares about manufacturing jobs. He understands better than any candidate the real problems that working families are enduring in George Bush's America. He knows how hard it is to raise a family on poverty wages. He knows the pressure of fearing that your plant will close, or that you will lose your health insurance, or your retirement savings. John Edwards not only understands these problems, he has the vision and capacity to make real change for working families. From the mill villages across the U.S., to the working class neighborhoods in our urban centers, in every corner of this country, his story of two Americas rings true. Like our members, John Edwards wants see the dignity of work restored and the great opportunities of America shared by all its people.