Bricklayers, corrections officers weigh in

With a major United Auto Workers strike as a backdrop, Democratic presidential candidates continued to pick up union endorsements today.

Barack Obama won the backing of one of the country's biggest jail unions, the New York City Correction Officers' Benevolent Association, which boasts 9,000 members. "Barack Obama is the one candidate who will put an end to the divisiveness in this country so that we can finally achieve greater economic prosperity for the working class and health care coverage for all Americans," president Norman Seabrook told the Associated Press.

But rival Hillary Clinton won the endorsement of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, which claims to represent 100,000 workers. "Hillary Clinton has the strength and experience to deliver the change America needs," union president John J. Flynn told the AP. "After years of an administration that has turned its back on working families, we need a president whose priorities are our priorities."