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Local New Hampshire Union Backs Bernie Sanders, Bucking National Affiliate
Local New Hampshire Union Backs Bernie Sanders, Bucking National Affiliate
The move by SEA/SEIU Local 1984 stood in contrast to its national affiliates decision so far to stay neutral in the presidential race.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/us/politics/bernie-sanders-seiu.html
A local union branch of New Hampshire state and local employees said Sunday that it had voted to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for the Democratic presidential nomination, another labor endorsement for a candidate whose political stock continues to rise less than a month before the Iowa caucuses.
The endorsement, which will officially be made on Monday, is particularly notable because the union chapter, SEA/SEIU Local 1984, has acted separately from its national affiliate organization, the Service Employees International Union. That group, which represents about two million workers nationally, has remained neutral in the endorsement process up to this point, balancing relationships with multiple candidates and regional concerns that differ across local chapters.
But the New Hampshire chapter wanted to use its political firepower to back Mr. Sanders in time for the states first-in-the-nation primary, Rich Gulla, the local president, said in a statement. About 10,000 workers across the state are represented by the unions collective bargaining contract.
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Local New Hampshire Union Backs Bernie Sanders, Bucking National Affiliate (Original Post)
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2020
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brutus smith
(685 posts)1. Great!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,348 posts)2. Yes it is.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Uncle Joe
(58,469 posts)3. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread Hassin Bin Sober.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided