Bernie Sanders to nab one of his biggest endorsements yet
Source: MSNBC
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is set to pick up one of his biggest endorsements yet Thursday from the powerful Communications Workers of America union, sources told NBCs Andrea Mitchell.
The group represents some 700,000 workers nationally, making it by far the largest union to back Sanders yet. CWAs endorsement, which will be announced at a press conference at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the unions headquarters in Washington, comes as Sanders has lost out on a string of major union endorsements to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, whose campaign now claims the support of unions representing 12 million workers.
Larry Cohen, CWAs former president, joined Sanders campaign as a top labor adviser shortly after stepping down in June. The union has been hinting a possible Sanders endorsement for months, saying the decision would come only after members voted in an online poll. The national union did not issue an endorsement in the 2008 Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
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libdem4life
(13,877 posts)IDemo
(16,926 posts)Go Bernie!
Omaha Steve
(99,714 posts)brooklynite
(94,728 posts)...which apparently every Union endorsing Clinton did.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)brooklynite
(94,728 posts)...but of course they can't be trusted.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)They claimed they consulted some members.
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(12,769 posts)cantbeserious
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(8,421 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)It was the more logical choice. The DLC Dems have been screwing labor for 3 decades now supporting business policies that moved jobs over seas. Whoever wins the Democratic nomination will hopefully get the support of all labor.