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In reply to the discussion: Walmart Workers On Hunger Strike Confront Clinton Staff At Campaign Headquarters [View all]Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)4. I think this group gets support from UFCW
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I don't think they have endorsed anyone but it wouldn't be a surprise to see them back the Hillster.
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Walmart Workers On Hunger Strike Confront Clinton Staff At Campaign Headquarters [View all]
Cheese Sandwich
Nov 2015
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They were shown out to sidewalk, but eventually a staffer did come outside to receive their letter
Cheese Sandwich
Nov 2015
#7
Remind me what Sanders has done for Walmart after his twenty five years in Congress.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#6
Someone needs to tell Walmart employees the good news, they don't know what he has done for them.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#9
I have very close contact with lots of Walmart employees, I ask what Sanders has done for the
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#15
Hillary has tried to get minimum wage increases tied to congressional raises, it did not pass but
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#72
He didn't sit on the Walmart board and ignore the idea of unionizing the company like Hillary did!
Omaha Steve
Nov 2015
#12
He has sat in Congress for twenty five years, has Sanders went out to organize Walmart employees? NO
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#17
So he gets donations and leaves the employees high and dry, no reward to his donors.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#27
As I say, he takes the money and he has not helped Walmart employees. The employees knows he has
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#32
I have forgotten more about unions than some people with ever know, I know how unions works very
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#35
Reading comprehension, reread post #35, sure I said what Hillary did while sitting on the board.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#39
As I have already stated I have forgotten more about unions than some will ever know. Years of
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#41
You must not have any idea what a good job steward does, you may have come across ones which was bad
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#53
It is not a photo op...it is called walking the walk, not just talking the talk.
Punkingal
Nov 2015
#45
Like the photo on the Edmund Pettus bridge and claiming John Lewis was endorsing Sanders,
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#47
I am not impressed with Sanders photo ops. John Lewis has been a great statesman, a great member of
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#54
I'll remind you of this. Everything he tried to do FOR the people was blocked by Corporate Funded
sabrina 1
Nov 2015
#64
Hilary spent several years fighting walmart employees when she was on their board
Travis_0004
Nov 2015
#30
Post #30 said Hillary spent years fighting the employees, thanks for your link where she remained
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#46
Yes she was on the board of Walmart, she pushed for Buy America while there and pushed for women
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#51
She pushed to keep Buy America, bottom line, it kept jobs in the USA. On a board votes, she voted
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#73
"Buy American" from a company that sells more foreign crap than any other. Hypocrisy.
Scuba
Nov 2015
#69
Go back and look at the walmart history and see where the producrs came from during the Buy
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#74
Hillary is all about Hillary. To her, the Presidency is her way of achieving higher speaking fees on par with Bill.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2015
#71
I would never say that she wouldn't support something (at least for a little while).
hughee99
Nov 2015
#62