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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: SMART endorses Hillary Clinton and yes they did poll there members [View all]Nanjeanne
(4,959 posts)26. Clinton & Sanders both addressed the Union
From July 28 McClatchyDC (bolding mine)
Bernie Sanders wowed the audience at at a labor union conference Tuesday, calling them brothers and sisters and vowing to push an agenda theyll like.
A strong middle class is synonymous with a strong trade union movement, the Vermont U.S. senator told the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Business Agents conference at a Washington hotel.
The Democratic presidential candidate vowed a political revolution that says to billionaires you cant have it all. He pledged to push a major federal jobs program that puts millions of people back to work. Hed have the government invest $1 trillion over five years to modernize the nations infrastructure.
The audience loved it all, giving him standing ovations and lengthy cheers. Before Sanders spoke, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, appeared in a brief video and said she, too was a big supporter of the union, which has 216,000 members in the United States and Canada.
There's more . . . http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article29120500.html
Would have been interesting to see which candidate the members actually would have endorsed if they had actually been polled on preference.
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Is that like how you guys keep using "Goldwater Girl" in so many posts? Yes, the hypocrisy
synergie
Jan 2016
#56
The one that was based on a report in a medical journal over 40 years ago?
beam me up scottie
Jan 2016
#31
New information? Do tell. I want to hear ALL about the NEW data on orgasms.
beam me up scottie
Jan 2016
#51
You brought it up so obviously you must posess some sort of superior knowledge on the subject.
beam me up scottie
Jan 2016
#55
You brought it up - repeatedly - so it's up to you to explain why he was wrong at the time.
beam me up scottie
Jan 2016
#82
Well first, you are the one that says I'm the expert...I'm 100% sure I never implied it.
Sheepshank
Jan 2016
#84
Well you wanted to feel superior to Bernie and he at least got the terminology correct.
beam me up scottie
Jan 2016
#62
Even KKK gets their propoganda spelled correctly....what do think of their message? Nt
Sheepshank
Jan 2016
#68
So now Bernie is JUST like a white supremacist hate group because he spells words correctly?
beam me up scottie
Jan 2016
#72
And you're the one who just compared a Jewish man to an anti-Semitic hate group.
beam me up scottie
Jan 2016
#79
You obsess about Bernie's Jewishness... Beating that drum every fucking chance you get
Sheepshank
Jan 2016
#99
OMG...so, that's how they can LIE about "polling" members. So, another hollow, shallow endorsement.
in_cog_ni_to
Jan 2016
#16
Glad they polled members. I think most union leaders are in touch with members that elected them.
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#5
Even in the wildest, most irrational fears of TPP, this unions' members will not be hurt, just
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#42
Well let's see. The union members probably have a good health plan, better wages than most,
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#12
You're kidding, right. Have you not been paying attention to the corporate imperative?
Armstead
Jan 2016
#29
Yes, they only polled the members on issues and then Executive Council decided like this...
highprincipleswork
Jan 2016
#95
Based on the endorsement, Clinton got a whooping 16 people supporting her.
snoringvoter
Jan 2016
#19