"Sanders Picks Off Some Labor Activists In Iowa"

[awake]

"......while labor leadership largely backs Clinton’s bid for the White House, many rank-and-file union members prefer Sanders and will caucus for him. They also see strong support in the unions that have chosen to not endorse either. To that end the Sanders Iowa campaign released this week a list of labor activists and leaders in the state who back Sanders’ candidacy. That included several members of unions that already announced an endorsement of Clinton....."

http://iowastartingline.com/2016/01/07/sanders-picks-off-some-labor-activists-in-iowa/

[CorporatistNation]

1. KICK and RECOMMEND As This IS Meaningful Support For The Revolution Candidate!

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[emulatorloo]

2. Well done! Thanks for posting.

[Karma13612]

3. Yup, this support adds up to lots of votes!! eom

[Motown_Johnny]

4. Do Union Leaders actually turn out to caucus

or is their time to valuable to waste most of a day on something so pedestrian?

[artislife]

5. Only individuals can caucus! Lets get busy. nt

[CoffeeCat]

6. The upper echelon at the unions back Clinton

but the vast majority of union members are die-hard, hard-core Bernie supporters.

The AFGE Union (the union for government employees) is galvanizing and they're working on having their own internal vote for Bernie. They are furious that the upper brass (just a handful people union executives) threw their support for Hillary, when the overwhelming majority of union members support Bernie.

Even if the union members don't get their act together and have their own vote, these people do vote!!

Smoke and mirrors only gets you so far! Union executives are a handful; but their membership includes 300,000+ government employees who are mad at hell that their union did this to them.