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Sanders campaign just crossed Nevadas most powerful union
01/28/16 04:05 PMUPDATED 01/28/16 04:06 PM
The Bernie Sanders campaign is in the doghouse with the most powerful union of a key battleground state.
Leaders of the deeply influential Culinary Union in Nevada on Thursday accused Sanders staffers of posing as union employees in order to gain access to worker dining rooms in hotels along the Las Vegas strip.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/sanders-campaign-just-crossed-nevadas-most-powerful-union
riversedge
(70,204 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Apologies to the Talking Heads.
artislife
(9,497 posts)Those volunteers will be kicked off for sure.
Now lets address the childish sentence you posted. That is almost as egregious.
riversedge
(70,204 posts)works. Such a deal.
artislife
(9,497 posts)You have always come across as mature and level headed but not here. This sounds very juvenile.
I may not agree at all with your politics but you have written most of posts with an educated phrase or two.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Just a few of the choice words and phrases that the culinary union used in their statement regarding Sanders campaign staff impersonating union members in order to gain unauthorized access to restricted (employee-only) areas within four unionized hotels.
It appears that the union is very very angry. The sense of betrayal is clear. Nobody likes to be deceived. This will not turn out well for the Sanders campaign.
http://www.culinaryunion226.org/news/press/culinary-union-statement-re-sanders-campaign-staff-in-employee-dining-rooms
We are disappointed and offended. It's completely inappropriate for any campaign to attempt to mislead Culinary Union members, especially at their place of work.
The Culinary Union button that hundreds of thousands of union members have proudly worn to work every day represents 80 years of struggle and fighting for justice. We strongly condemn anyone falsifying their affiliation with the Culinary Union in order to gain access to properties and we will cooperate with casinos and hotels so that this matter is fully resolved.
The Culinary Union has not made an endorsement and is focused on a major citizenship and voter registration campaign while preparing for upcoming contract negotiations.
Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)While Bernies spin doctors rail against Hillary with right wing talking points 24/7 all over the Internet
Alfresco
(1,698 posts)Nanjeanne
(4,959 posts)Really - it's not a good thing.
Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton, a longtime Culinary employee who endorsed Clinton on Thursday, said, "The employee dining hall is kind of our place. For people to abuse that is just wrong. I'm really disappointed." Carlton added that anyone accessing the employee areas "is a security issue as well. I would be concerned."
Well gee Maggie. They used the buttons to get into a place they shouldn't have. They didn't misrepresent themselves as anything other than Sanders workers who wanted to ask some union members for their vote. It wasn't like they put a bomb in their underwear or anything .
Geez - It wasn't a good thing when Clinton's camp did it in 2008 either. And it's not a good thing that Sanders workers did it now. But she survived to win the Nevada caucus even though the union endorsed Obama. Sanders will survive this faux outrage.
Of course, I don't think anyone watching television will survive it. It's so much more important than . . . I don't know . . . issues maybe!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)If not he better soon. Doesn't look like this is going to disappear.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)From clutching my pearls so tight!
Vinca
(50,269 posts)The rank and file kind of like the idea of $15 an hour.