Former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann has long enjoyed support from Hawaii’s labor unions. His campaign for Congress announced on Tuesday that six more private-sector labor organizations are supporting his campaign. 

Among them: The International Association of Reinforcing, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers Union; the Sheet Metal Workers Union; the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades Union; The Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glassworkers Union; the Floor Layers Union; and the Drywall Tapers and Finishers Union. 

Hannemann said in a statement that he sees the endorsements as votes of confidence in his ability to “champion the causes of working men and women.”

Fellow Democrat and 2nd Congressional District campaign rival Tulsi Gabbard has picked up some labor support. But as Civil Beat has pointed out, six unions that endorsed Gabbard haven’t historically supported Hannemann.