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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders' momentum stalls in an unlikely place: union halls [View all]
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-bernie-sanders-labor-20151106-story.html
Bernie Sanders' momentum stalls in an unlikely place: union halls
Sen. Bernie Sanders finds unions slipping from his graspC
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Sanders, the Vermont senator, doesnt hedge with labor. Just about anything on the broader labor agenda, he champions. He recently unveiled legislation that read like a union wish list in front of a spirited throng of laborers shouting approval, Almada among them.
Sanders bristled when a reporter asked whether the bill would help him win endorsements from national unions which it hasnt. Its not a question of winning, he snapped. This is legislation I have supported, quite honestly, since literally the first year I was in Congress. That was a quarter-century ago.
Despite Sanders deep support for labor, the national nurses organization that Almada sought to join is the only major union to endorse Sanders in the race for the Democratic nomination for president. It is dwarfed by much larger labor groups that are lining up with his arguably less committed, less reliable rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
National unions representing more than half of Americas 14.6 million unionized workers are already in Clintons corner, and many of the rest are heading in that direction. .............................
Even so, the next major union poised to make an endorsement the Service Employees International Union, which represents 2 million workers is expected to throw its support behind Clinton. Union officials say their internal polling shows 75% of their members favor her.......................
Its a classic tension between the head and the heart, said Lance Compa, who teaches labor law at the Cornell University School of Labor and Industrial Relations. Union leaders are feeling particularly risk-averse this election, with a hostile Congress and a Supreme Court that has labor in its crosshairs. The court will be hearing a case against the California Teachers Assn. that poses an existential threat to public employee unions nationwide, with justices weighing whether to ban them from requiring the employees they represent to pay dues. Labor leaders are horror-struck by the prospect of a Republican president filling the next Supreme Court vacancy.
Union leaders are negotiators by nature, Compa said. They understand you cant get everything they want. You get the best deal in the end. That is what they are looking at now as they weigh whom to endorse.............
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What One Is Really Saying Is That The Union Leadership Is In Clinton's Pocket - Not The Members
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#2
That's not what "one" is saying at all--the unions are saying that their internal polling of their
MADem
Nov 2015
#3
Pesky details that don't interest a lot of BS fans. I won't say all bc I've actually seen some who
Cha
Nov 2015
#11
HRC Is A Front For The Establishment - Negotiation Is For Those That Wish To Maintain The Status Quo
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#6
One Wants A Leader - Not A Follower - HRC Is A Follower - As Proven By Her Ever-Changing Positions
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#21
HRC Is Not A Negotiator - Witness the TPP - The Worst Trade Deal To Be In The History Of Mankind
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#27
One Never Claimed Such - In Fact Claimed The Opposite - Hence The Disaster Called The TPP
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#30
Took a total of fourteen minutes for them to realize they said something positive about Hillary.
NCTraveler
Nov 2015
#39
Yes! this why.. “Union leaders are negotiators by nature,” Compa said. “They understand you can’t
Cha
Nov 2015
#13
Seems To Be The Truth This Election Cycle - The Leadership Is Out Of Step With The Membership
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#12
Union officials say their internal polling shows 75% of their members favor her. Sanders supporters
Cha
Nov 2015
#14
And One Believes Leadership That Have A Vested Interest To Protect Their Position - Even In Unions
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#16
Seems One Is Out Of Step with Reality - Not This One Though - Fully Engaged To Defeat HRC
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#19
And The Best Candidate To Fill That Next Open SCOTUS Seat - Bernie Sanders
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#7
Union members want someone in office which can make progress, someone who works well with others.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#10
Yes! Union members don't have time for someone who can't deliver.. they need someone as
Cha
Nov 2015
#25
It is dwarfed by much larger labor groups that are lining up with his arguably less committed, less
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#32