Sal Rosselli.wanted Sanders to stay in the campaign even after Hillary locked

[Peacetrain]

up the primary/caucuses..

https://www.bna.com/labor-supporters-sanders-n57982073955/


who is Sal Rosselli? he is the President of the union that had 12 people picket Biden...

[WeekiWater]

1. "Picket" NT

[Peacetrain]

2. I hear that.. I believe in having passion for a candidate.. but this is over the top

it does no one any good

[WeekiWater]

3. From top to bottom they are going scorched earth.

I don’t see how anyone can question that at this point.

[Peacetrain]

4. The pattern seems to be repeating from 2 years ago...

but I do not think it has the same strength this time.. the one solid to the bone Bernie Sanders supporter I know from 2016 no longer supports him.. for a variety of reasons

[peggysue2]

5. Interesting

The original report sounded fishy, a little too convenient. So, now we know for sure.

[R B Garr]

6. Well, well. Thanks for exposing this publicity stunt

by the union president. Unbelievable.

[Cha]

7. Yes, "unbelievable" until

I consider the source.

Shining the Light

[Hortensis]

21. Leader ship going rogue, betraying

the duty to represent the membership. We may see more of this pattern as Sanders’ actual approval is seen to have tanked.

The national nurses united union is led by a small clique of radical activists who are longtime supporters of Sanders himself and play dirty politics on his behalf. They are even opposing the Democratic Party’s plans to improve the ACA for political reasons. Somehow I doubt they represent the over 150,000 nurse members, by far most of whom are more devoted to patient care than being part of a socialist revolution.

Best to keep these in mind and wonder in case leaders of any other unions endorse Sanders.

[R B Garr]

23. Excellent analysis, and this is exactly right. There is a history with them that is not

totally above board. I recall they tried to get a congressman recalled and it was for completely bogus reasons. They submitted a wish list for M4All that didn't address the costs, and then tried to recall the politician who had to reject their proposal for their failure to include costs. Very dirty stuff and totally bogus complaints about "establishment". Thanks for illustrating this further. I recall reading many informed comments about them after articles in the L.A. area and California papers, and people were very aware of their dirty tactics.

edit to add:
https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-recall-campaign-against-assembly-speaker-1518556675-htmlstory.html

"A grassroots effort to recall Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon over his decision last year to shelve a single-payer healthcare measure has sputtered, according to organizers."

[Hortensis]

25. Very interesting. I hadn't read that,

but it’s certainly in line with behaviors I have read about. One of the activists was head of the 90,000 member California nurses union that joined with the others to form the NNU.

Time magazine had a whole series of articles about them and their relationship with Sanders in 2016.

[R B Garr]

27. Ah, thanks for the heads up about the Time magazine articles.

I'll try and check them out. I want to know all their names and what they are up to.

[Hortensis]

28. They discuss and/or at least touch on them.

This time I notice, close as they've been to him in the past, they're claiming not to endorse anyone yet. May have gotten burned by a little too much spotlight in 2016.

For 2020 the NNU has issued a statement on their endorsement process -- including of course assessment of membership preferences -- and their intent to create a mass movement on critical issues. They're redoubtable activists with overall admirable goals if pursued honorably with good judgement and principles, but that's the quickly identifiable problem on closer look at them.

https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/nnu-statement-2020-election-process

Sanders' choice to join with the hostile power of the right to make repeal (plus eventual replacement) of the ACA, instead of continued expansion and evolution, centerpiece of a presidential campaign in 2015 has never been properly examined under that spotlight. If MfA were socialized, that would provide a reason. But it's not, it's a variation on the same economic model as the ACA.

[Cha]

8. Mahalo, Peacetrain!

Looks like Sal doesn't really care about Democracy winning.

[NurseJackie]

9. Jesus.

This needs to end.

(Thanks for the post.)

[NBachers]

10. We are known by the company we keep . . .

[billpolonsky]

12. Surprise surprise

For a Union Man, Joe Biden Sure Has a Lot of Big Donors Who Aren’t Fond of Labor

"When he’s not doing campaign rallies, though, Biden has been doing some other stuff, like holding his first fundraiser at a mansion owned by the Comcast executive who supervises lobbying operations for the giant telecom company. Comcast’s lobbying division, in turn, works with the hugely influential American Legislative Exchange Council, which writes right-wing legislation—including “right to work,” “stand your ground” and voter-ID laws—on behalf of Republican state legislators. A canned quote from the Comcast exec who hosted Biden’s fundraiser actually shows up in a press release on ALEC’s website, while the New York Times recently wrote that Comcast’s relationship with organized labor “is often strained” and said it has “largely managed to fend off efforts by groups like the Communications Workers of America to organize its employees.”"




[link:https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/joe-biden-unions-management-fundraising.html|

[NBachers]

15. Oh, man, I missed it. Anyone know what it said?

[EveHammond13]

11. I'm tired. I am so so tired.

[Cha]

13. This needs a

[revmclaren]

14. K & R...

ONLY!!! 2019 and beyond.

[Scurrilous]

16. ...

[Baclava]

17. So this was a Bernie bro ratfuck?

“I’m confident that Bernie is going to do all he can to unite the Democratic party and defeat Donald Trump,” National Union of Healthcare Workers President Sal Rosselli

[LibFarmer]

20. You put it very succinctly in your subject line nt

[Eric J in MN]

18. She didn't lock until California, and the final

..primary was in DC a week later.

[ucrdem]

30. She officially locked it up on June 7; Sanders conceded July 12:

Lock: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/06/make-no-mistake-hillary-clinton-will-clinch-the-democratic-nomination-on-tuesday/?utm_term=.9442f14bb6ae

Bernie concedes: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2016/07/12/sanders-concedes-democratic-nomination-endorses-clinton-for-president

[NYMinute]

19. It was not a picket .. it was a stunt nt

[LongtimeAZDem]

22. Reporters need to ask Rosselli how he feels about Charles Rocha working for Sanders advisor

Sanders hired a guy convicted of ripping off unions; one would think that Sal would have a problem with that.

[Cha]

24. Yeah, Sal.. what's your take on

convicted embezzler of union funds, Charles Rocha, being a BS hire?

[lapucelle]

26. They could have at least thrown dollars.

It was only twelve bucks...

Have a donut. Sal!

[betsuni]

29. +1