2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThis hardcore Union Labor man doesn't find Clinton liberal at all. Discuss. nt
LexVegas
(6,121 posts)brooklynite
(94,950 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)MirrorAshes
(1,262 posts)Everybody stop what you're doing! This guy doesn't think Hillary is a liberal!
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)puffy socks
(1,473 posts)are closely split between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a group of more than 20 unions representing more than 10 million workers released a statement on Monday reaffirming support for Mrs. Clinton.
Secretary Clinton has proven herself as the fighter and champion working people and their families need in the White House, says the statement, which was embraced by several large unions, including the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the American Federation of Teachers, and the Service Employees International Union. That is why, of all unions endorsing a candidate in the Democratic primary, the vast majority of the membership in these unions has endorsed her.
The statement is partly a reaction to the aftermath of the announcement by the A.F.L.-C.I.O., a federation of unions, that it would not vote during its executive council meeting this week on whether to endorse a candidate in the Democratic presidential primaries, essentially postponing an endorsement until the primaries are no longer competitive.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/22/unions-say-theres-no-split-they-support-hillary-clinton/
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Most of the rank and file I know vote their consciences.
**ON EDIT: Changed the verbiage to accommodate the sensitivities of some union folk here.
Ferd Berfel
(3,687 posts)came without rank-and-file involvement. Just the elite.
Funny how that works.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,508 posts)I call my union president just that--president. Members voted for him.
Fact. He is not a boss, nor is any union president.
I consider the phrase union boss as a right wing smear.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)My mistake.
Kingofalldems
(38,508 posts)Non responsive.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)which Union do you belong to?
Kingofalldems
(38,508 posts)And thank you.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)puffy socks
(1,473 posts)but when they support Bernie it's definitely the members.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)Must have took you quite a while I imagine. Either that or you're just blowing smoke.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Neither do many others....
kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)Tarc
(10,478 posts)It's ok to hold and retain a minorioty point-of-view, as long as you don't expect/demend to be catered to. (which you're kind doing, um, right now)
Broward
(1,976 posts)The Third Way sheep, however, are probably a lost cause at this point.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)lol. Just kidding. Wanted to see what it feels like to actually present such an argument.
dmosh42
(2,217 posts)big bank/corporation ideas, then it's hard to consider her being in the liberal spectrum. My union, I'm proud to say, backs Bernie top to bottom, and he has spent time with us picketing in NY.