My union, NALC (city letter carriers), has endorsed both Clinton and Sanders.

[hay rick]

Before retirement I was active as a union officer for 30+ years. I agree with their decision.

Given our close ties to Secretary Clinton, developed during her time in the Senate and during her historic 2008 presidential campaign, and given our equally strong relationship with Sen. Sanders and his staunch advocacy on behalf of the Postal Service and its employees, the Council decided not to endorse either candidate at this time—while committing to work tirelessly for either candidate in the 2016 general election campaign.

I am fully aware that many NALC members are passionate supporters of either Secretary Clinton or Sen. Sanders—hundreds of you have written to me or come up to me at NALC events to make the case for an NALC endorsement. I also know that not all of our members are Democrats and many others base their
votes on non-workplace matters. But I think that the Council has acted wisely.

There is no clear advantage to choosing between two strong candidates and two good friends of the NALC. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, we will keep our powder dry during the primaries and focus our energies and resources on electing a pro-letter carrier president in the fall—whoever he, or she, turns out to be.

Link to full article: https://www.nalc.org/news/the-postal-record/2016/march-2016/document/03-2016_president-1.pdf

[bravenak]

1. Great!!!

[merrily]

2. They want a Democrat. Fair enough. However, the federal postal union endorsed Sanders.

New Democrats have screwed them.

[hay rick]

5. Not sure what union you are talking about.

The largest postal union, APWU, endorsed Sanders. NALC is the second largest postal union and endorsed "both." NALC did endorse Clinton in 2007

[Dem2]

3. I like the way this union thinks.

[hay rick]

6. Teacher's unions and Planned Parenthood please take note. nt

[Hoyt]

4. Bravo.

[PyaarRevolution]

7. So cowardly.

The point of an endorsement is to sway people from one candidate to another. If you endorse both, can it really be called an endorsement?

[hay rick]

8. General Custer was no coward.

The union has correctly surmised that the trivial differences between the two remaining Democratic candidates are dwarfed by the difference between either Clinton or Sanders and the "best" of the Republican candidates. NALC is officially nonpartisan. Their PAC (all voluntary contributions) donates to members of both parties (though mostly Democrats) based solely on their stance on postal issues. This cycle they sent questionnaires to all announced candidates. No Republicans replied. Martin O'Malley was the only other candidate who responded (Webb and Chafee did not).