Bernie Sanders gets nod from Latino worker-rights group

[hoosierlib]

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Tuesday picked up the support of Living United for Change in Arizona, a group whose aim is to organize the state's lower-income and minority families in the pursuit of "social and economic justice."

Sanders, a left-leaning independent U.S. senator from Vermont who won this month's New Hampshire primary, is trying to regain his momentum after a loss to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Saturday's Democratic caucuses in Nevada.

LUCHA officials were set to announce their endorsement Tuesday afternoon during a news conference at Sanders' Phoenix campaign headquarters.

The Sanders campaign described LUCHA as "the leading workers-rights organization in Arizona," citing the group's advocacy for "a fair and just" $15 minimum wage and for helping fast-food industry workers who want the right to unionize. LUCHA has more than 600 members, the campaign said.

ttp://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/azdc/2016/02/23/bernie-sanders-gets-nod-latino-worker-rights-group/80819386/

[jillan]

1. Early voting in AZ starts today and we are a winner take all state. 85 Delegates

up for grabs.

Bernie also has Raul Grijalva from Tuscon and head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus working to get the Latino vote out for Bernie.