Sanders Wins South Carolina Labor Backing

[Fawke Em]

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Speaking at a union hall here, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday welcomed news that the South Carolina AFL-CIO executive board passed a resolution supporting his candidacy for the Democratic Party presidential nomination and recommending his endorsement by the state and national labor organization.

“We call on the AFL-CIO, union members and working people everywhere to unite behind Bernie Sanders and elect the president America’s workers desperately need,” the resolution said. The resolution “strongly urges” the national AFL-CIO to endorse Sanders.

To read the entire resolution, click here.

Erin McKee, president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, said the executive board member who recommended Sanders said “nobody in a very long time has stood up for working people and labor like Bernie Sanders has.”

https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-wins-south-carolina-labor-backing/

(Sorry for all the endorsement posts, but I love all this good news!)

[think]

1. Thank you for posting! It is good news!

[Demeter]

2. Keep on posting--America wants to know!

[99th_Monkey]

3. Woot!! A union with some gumption. Love it. -nt-

[roguevalley]

12. I was the union rep to the AFL-CIO board in my state

and the unions there are awesome. You had a problem, they stepped in. IBEW and Teamsters rule forever. So do the longshoremen.

[appalachiablue]

4. K & R. Thanks for the news, Go Bernie and Labor!

[Robbins]

5. How can that be

don't they know Bernie has no chance

[leftcoastmountains]

6. Keep them coming!

[SoapBox]

7. Keep talking Bernie!

Every minute...of every day...Americans are Feel'n the Bern and understand why we so desperately need Bernie!

[KoKo]

8. K&R!

[HerbChestnut]

9. This is from June.

Any updates since then?

[jwirr]

11. I would guess that since the AFL-CIO is angry about the

TPP and asking us to fight against it they will realize that they need to back someone who actually is against the TPP.

Oh, yes I know that Hillary says "from what I know today I am against it" - well Hillary what are you saying today and why are you saying it.

[SheilaT]

13. But, but, I thought that HILLARY had

all the union endorsements locked in! Guess I should know better than to believe everything I read from the Hillary group.

Great news. I bet there's more to come.

[AzDar]

14. K & R

[stillwaiting]

15. Every union should be STRONGLY backing Bernie.

This is the time, and now is the chance.

Political revolution beats a bloody one.

Time to get the Democratic Party to begin fighting for average Americans again (even when Big Business might not give their blessing).

[Enthusiast]

16. Kicked and recommended!