The Big Bend Labor Council recently endorsed Jeremy Matlow for mayor of Tallahassee. The press release is provided below:
North Florida’s largest labor union has endorsed City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow for Mayor of Tallahassee.
The Big Bend Labor Council represents over a dozen bargaining units representing over 5,300 employees across Leon, Gadsden, Franklin, Wakulla, Liberty, Calhoun, Madison and Taylor counties, including more than 3,000 in our Capital County.
The endorsement comes just before May Day, a worker’s holiday more than a century old where nearly half a million workers across the states went on strike to demand an eight-hour workday.
Today, the labor movement continues to align with elected leaders to pursue greater healthcare, workplace safety, and childcare benefits, entitled by the dignity of all who labor.
“This endorsement shows the broad support our campaign has gained from working families all across Tallahassee,” said Commissioner Matlow. “Workers represented in the endorsement include Leon County Schools teachers, faculty at FSU and FAMU, support staff, bus drivers and postal workers.”
“Our community faces the biggest decision in years at the ballot box in 2026 City Commission elections. The contrast between insider elites’ and everyone else’s views could not be clearer. This endorsement means Tallahasseeans can walk through a new chapter at City Hall in solidarity, committed to reform and a new day in local government.”
“I am proud to receive this endorsement and as Mayor, I will bring its spirit of pro-worker advocacy to my work at City Hall every day,” Matlow concluded.
BBLC President Jordan Scott added, “Jeremy Matlow continuously receives endorsements from organized labor because he is committed to making Tallahassee a place for fair wages and safe working conditions. He knows that it is not developers who drive our economy but the majority of us who go to work every day to put food on the table for our families and loved ones. Building a better Tallahassee is about building a movement of workers, communities, and neighborhoods.”
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