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Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: SEIU members are mad as hell over their Union leaders endorsing the Wall St. candidate. [View all]Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)33. Well, their discontent has made the news:
Election 2016: Key Labor Union Endorses Hillary Clinton, Defying Rank-And-File Critics
http://www.ibtimes.com/election-2016-key-labor-union-endorses-hillary-clinton-defying-rank-file-critics-2188461#.Vkv1P8eL3IE.twitter
Now, HRC's fans can't say it's a bunch of non-members on Facebook.
The move is not without controversy within the unions ranks -- and the labor movement at large. The service workers union has poured millions into the so-called Fight for 15, a protest-driven campaign that has helped pass $15 hourly minimum wages in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles and shifted the national debate over what constitutes an adequate federal pay floor, currently $7.25 an hour. But during the most recent Democratic debate, Clinton criticized a proposed $15 nationwide minimum, calling instead for $12. Both her opponents, Martin OMalley and Bernie Sanders, support $15 an hour.
Many SEIU members prefer Sanders, including Rand Wilson, a staffer for the union's Massachusetts-based Local 888 and founding member of the grassroots network Labor for Bernie. Wilson jokes the union should rename the campaign the Fight for 12.
Its important to support the candidate whos supportive of our objectives, he says. Itll be hard to continue to support a candidate who supports $12 an hour when theres a viable one who supports $15. Its awkward for leaders and organizers to explain that to people theyre working with, to low-wage workers, its awkward.
Wilson predicts the move will generate backlash against the leadership. Sanders is seen as a more passionate defender of the unions broader agenda.
Many SEIU members prefer Sanders, including Rand Wilson, a staffer for the union's Massachusetts-based Local 888 and founding member of the grassroots network Labor for Bernie. Wilson jokes the union should rename the campaign the Fight for 12.
Its important to support the candidate whos supportive of our objectives, he says. Itll be hard to continue to support a candidate who supports $12 an hour when theres a viable one who supports $15. Its awkward for leaders and organizers to explain that to people theyre working with, to low-wage workers, its awkward.
Wilson predicts the move will generate backlash against the leadership. Sanders is seen as a more passionate defender of the unions broader agenda.
http://www.ibtimes.com/election-2016-key-labor-union-endorses-hillary-clinton-defying-rank-file-critics-2188461#.Vkv1P8eL3IE.twitter
Now, HRC's fans can't say it's a bunch of non-members on Facebook.
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SEIU members are mad as hell over their Union leaders endorsing the Wall St. candidate. [View all]
in_cog_ni_to
Nov 2015
OP
I hope there is a HUGE, open and well-organized insurrection by the membership
99th_Monkey
Nov 2015
#10
Let's see if the leaders of the union claim those against it are management shills....
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2015
#27
This is why it always look like the underdog can't win what with all the endorsements.
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#5
Nothing is going to change the HRC supporters mind. Nothing is going to change the Tea-Parties mind.
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#19
Unsubscribed from their email announcing it, where they offered a "reason" box
rabid_nerd
Nov 2015
#6
More than two million members, but people complaining on twitter make a majority?
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2015
#36
no they aren't. I was union leadership and I did bupkis without polling the unit.
roguevalley
Nov 2015
#39
This primary is a 'c o n t e s t' and they members should show their displeasure
ViseGrip
Nov 2015
#18
amazing that the undemocratic actions of officers should be greeted so blasely by
roguevalley
Nov 2015
#41