From his Senate perch, Sanders has also blocked two nominees to the postal Board of Governors who are opposed by postal unions.
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Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has gone out of her way to curry favor with a few of America’s biggest unions, and the investment has paid off. The National Education Association – with almost three million members, it ranks as America’s biggest union – endorsed Clinton last month.
The Vermont senator was greeted enthusiastically by many who lined the street around Colburn Park in Lebanon, where the American Legion Post 22 had organized a parade and ceremony.
“We should judge candidates not by their political party, not by what they say, not by what they think they stand for, but by what they do”, he continued.
“No other candidate has his record of fighting to defend and expand Social Security, promoting “Medicare for all, ‘ and opposing ‘fast track trade authority” and rotten deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)”, the American Postal Workers Union president said of Sanders. “Applying that criterion, Sen”. “Bernie Sanders doesn’t just talk the talk”.
APWU represents 200,000 U.S. Postal Service employees and retirees.
“It is shocking that the data suggests that Sanders has a lead over Trump that could be so huge that he would win a landslide victory in the presidential campaign, with margins that would nearly certainly lead Democrats to regain control of the Senate and could help Democrats regain control of the House of Representatives”, the Hill reported. “It’s time for a political revolution”, Dimondstein said, also highlighting Sanders’ proposals for $15 minimum wage, free public college tuition and veterans’ benefits. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. joins low-wage workers, a few who labor as cooks and cleaners at the Capitol, during a rally to protest what they describe as poverty pay, Tuesday, November 10, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Larry Cohen, a senior Sanders adviser on labor issues, welcomed the endorsement. And a handful of union locals have rushed to endorse him even as their national wings hold off.
The National Nurses Union, another AFL-CIO member union, also endorsed Sanders back in August.
Among other things, Dimondstein cited Sanders’s staunch opposition to privatizing the postal service and his plan to provide limited banking services at post offices at a time when widespread e-mail use and other modern forces are threatening the institution’s survival.
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“Sen. Sanders was a champion of workers’ rights long before he became a candidate for president”, said APWU Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell.
