Bernie Sanders Nabs Endorsement From National Nurses' Union
Bernie Sanders Nabs Endorsement From National Nurses' Union
National Nurses United gets behind Clinton's top challenger. "He's about building a social movement for humanistic change," the union's director says.
by Dave Jamieson, Labor Reporter * HuffPo * 8/10/15
A national labor union of registered nurses provided another big boost to the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders on Monday, becoming the first major union to endorse the Vermont senator's White House bid.
National Nurses United, which represents 185,000 nurses, most of them women, hosted a brunch with Sanders on Monday in Oakland, California. The union's leadership announced there that they would formally back the senator and campaign on his behalf as he competes with front-runner Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
The union's executive director, RoseAnn DeMoro, told The Huffington Post that Sanders had earned the support of NNU's board and had won by a wide margin in a poll of the membership.
"We were stunned by the results," DeMoro said. "It was so overwhelming for Bernie Sanders."
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