Culinary Union suggests Sanders, Warren asking union members to trade health plans for 'promises'

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Nevada is going to be interesting

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The politically powerful Culinary Union hasn’t yet endorsed in the Democratic presidential primary, but it is making clear which candidates it won’t be supporting.

A one-pager from the union, the kind of document usually distributed in employee dining rooms and break areas, obtained by The Nevada Independent obliquely accuses Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren of wanting to take away union members’ hard-fought and much beloved health plans and warns that electing either candidate will lead to four more years of a Donald Trump presidency.

The union, which provides health insurance to 130,000 workers and their family members through a special trust fund, strongly opposes the Medicare-for-all plans the two candidates support, which would eliminate the union’s health plan by design.
However, until now, union leaders have directed their ire more generally at the policy than the candidates who back it.

“Trump and his Republicans are actively trying to destroy healthcare for working families, but presidential candidates suggesting forcing millions of hard working people to give up their healthcare creates unnecessary division between workers, and will give us four more years of Trump,” the flyer says.

Though the handout does not mention either candidate by name, Sanders and Warren are the only two remaining candidates in the Democratic presidential race who back Medicare for all.

I wonder if Harry Reid is going to step in

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1. Another reason MFA is a GE disaster

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2. Democrats need union support to win

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3. Amen to that!!

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8. +1

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11. The Culinary Union supports the Biden plan

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18. Good news!

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4. KR.. omg

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14. Joe Biden- I stand with the working men and women of @Culinary226

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16. Of course.. thank you!

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5. Culinary Union in Nevada is going nuclear against Sanders.

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6. Warren has stated she will back any improvement to ACA and peoples healthcare.

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7. The Culinary Union carries a ton of clout in Nevada

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9. Friom John Ralston

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10. Union support is critical in Nevada

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12. Nevada union warns members of Sanders, Warren health plans

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s most influential union is sending a subtle message to its members discouraging support for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren over their health care stances even though the union has not yet decided if it will endorse a candidate in the Democratic presidential race.

The casino workers’ Culinary Union, a 60,000-member group made up of housekeepers, porters, bartenders and more who work in Las Vegas’ famed casinos, began distributing leaflets in employee dining rooms this week that push back against “Medicare For All,” the plan from Sanders and Warren to move to a government-run health insurance system.

The leaflet said “presidential candidates suggesting forcing millions of hard working people to give up their healthcare creates unnecessary division between workers, and will give us four more years of Trump.”

Health care is one of the biggest issues for the union, whose members have fought and negotiated for robust plans.
With voting in Nevada’s presidential caucuses scheduled to start in just over a week, the union’s message to stand firm against the health care plans could signify that union leaders worry their members are considering voting for those who would unravel the union’s crowning achievement.

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13. Statement by Nevada Culinary Union on attacks by sanders supporters

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15. Promises that wont pass.

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17. Go Joe.

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19. sanders supports are doxxing u ion leaders

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