Bernie Sanders to nab one of his biggest endorsements yet

[Attorney in Texas]

Source: MSNBC

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is set to pick up one of his biggest endorsements yet Thursday from the powerful Communications Workers of America union, sources told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell.

The group represents some 700,000 workers nationally, making it by far the largest union to back Sanders yet. CWA’s endorsement, which will be announced at a press conference at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the union’s headquarters in Washington, comes as Sanders has lost out on a string of major union endorsements to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, whose campaign now claims the support of unions representing 12 million workers.

Larry Cohen, CWA’s former president, joined Sanders’ campaign as a top labor adviser shortly after stepping down in June. The union has been hinting a possible Sanders endorsement for months, saying the decision would come only after members voted in an online poll. The national union did not issue an endorsement in the 2008 Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bernie-sanders-cwa-endorsement

---

[libdem4life]

1. K and R

[IDemo]

2. Proud former CWA'er here and way ahead of them.

Go Bernie!

[Omaha Steve]

3. Marta was CWA 18 years

[brooklynite]

4. I'm sure nobody will suggest that Leadership made the decision without consulting the members...

...which apparently every Union endorsing Clinton did.

[Live and Learn]

6. No, because they did consult members.

The union has been hinting a possible Sanders endorsement for months, saying the decision would come only after members voted in an online poll.

[brooklynite]

7. A point that almost every Union endorsing Clinton said as well...

...but of course they can't be trusted.

[Live and Learn]

8. I know for a fact that mine did not, nor did they actually claim they consulted all members.

They claimed they consulted some members.

[Live and Learn]

5. K&R nt

[cantbeserious]

9. Go Bernie Go

eom

[Lifelong Protester]

10. A big K & R for this

[Scuba]

11. Owners for Hillary, workers for Bernie. Which side are YOU on?

[madokie]

13. Bernie 100%

[mdbl]

12. Go CWA!

It was the more logical choice. The DLC Dems have been screwing labor for 3 decades now supporting business policies that moved jobs over seas. Whoever wins the Democratic nomination will hopefully get the support of all labor.