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"Bernie Walks the Walk for Workers, Won Wellstone Award
https://citizensagainstplutocracy.wordpress.com/
Senator Bernie Sanders is a lifelong champion of working people. In recognition of his lifelong fight for workers and union representation, the United Steelworkers presented Senator Sanders in 2015 with the rarely given Paul Wellstone Memorial Award for political activism.
Sanders got a standing ovation on April 14 from the crowded roomful of Steelworkers, in town for their union’s own Legislative/Political/Rapid Response conference as well as Good Jobs Green Jobs. Gerard praised Sanders as a down-the-line defender of unions and workers, while presenting him with USW’s rarely given Paul Wellstone Memorial Award for political activism. The award is named for the late, fantastically pro-worker Minnesota DFL senator.
“He (Wellstone) was elected, literally, from the back of the bus and was one of the strongest voices in the Senate against trade agreements that traded away our jobs,” Gerard declared. “No one in the Senate more reflects the values of Paul Wellstone than Bernie Sanders. He’s not afraid to launch a real filibuster for the values of working people.”
For his part, Sanders warned the Rapid Response delegates that while his father, a penniless immigrant, achieved the American dream for his two sons, “for our kids and grandkids, it’s out the door.” Making America work for workers is Sanders’ platform.
from DK
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/1/1471762/-Bernie-Walks-the-Talk-for-Workers-Wins-Wellstone-Award-Inspires-Us