Unite Here Local 75, the union representing 7,000 hotel workers, threw its support behind George Smitherman today, adding to his list of union endorsements.

The union released a statement saying a Ford mayoralty would increase division and intolerance in Toronto. "He threatens to tear our city apart with mean-spiritedness and will attack our communities and the services we depend on," the union says. They may also allege that Ford hates rainbows and can stand stone-faced in a room of adorable playing puppies.

The local says Smitherman "respects our work and supports our communities . . . He knows that creating one Toronto, rather than a divided city of haves and have-nots, requires the active support of the mayor for immigrant workers, their families and communities."