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Related: About this forumSanders snags another union endorsement
Sanders snags another union endorsement
By NICK GASS 04/24/16 08:58 AM EDT
Bernie Sanders on Sunday announced that he had earned the backing of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, in the Democratic candidate's latest endorsement from a major national labor union as he looks to gain momentum ahead of Tuesday's five primaries.
Peter Knowlton, the union's national president, called the Vermont senator in a statement released through his campaign "the most pro-worker pro-union presidential candidate I have seen in my lifetime," adding that Sanders' candidacy is a unique opportunity that workers and unions must not pass up."
Rank-and-file local delegates from the 35,000-member organization unanimously approved the endorsement of Sanders in the last six weeks, while Knowlton said in the statement that there has already been a "groundswell of support for Bernie with members volunteering for the campaign."...
By NICK GASS 04/24/16 08:58 AM EDT
Bernie Sanders on Sunday announced that he had earned the backing of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, in the Democratic candidate's latest endorsement from a major national labor union as he looks to gain momentum ahead of Tuesday's five primaries.
Peter Knowlton, the union's national president, called the Vermont senator in a statement released through his campaign "the most pro-worker pro-union presidential candidate I have seen in my lifetime," adding that Sanders' candidacy is a unique opportunity that workers and unions must not pass up."
Rank-and-file local delegates from the 35,000-member organization unanimously approved the endorsement of Sanders in the last six weeks, while Knowlton said in the statement that there has already been a "groundswell of support for Bernie with members volunteering for the campaign."...
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Sanders snags another union endorsement (Original Post)
Barack_America
Apr 2016
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Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)1. Great!
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)2. k&r
LWolf
(46,179 posts)3. Good to see. nt
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)4. K&R