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Related: About this forumYuge NEWS out of Indiana (and remember the POTUS that passed NAFTA)
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Union Representing Laid-Off Carrier Workers Endorses Bernie Sanders
In a viral video, the workers learned their jobs are headed to Mexico. Theyre not huge fans of NAFTA.
04/19/2016 04:10 pm ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/carrier-union-endorse-bernie-sanders_us_571689c3e4b0060ccda4a2ba
Dave Jamieson
Labor Reporter, The Huffington Post
The union representing the Indiana workers slated to be laid off by Carrier Corp. has endorsed Bernie Sanders for president, the Sanders campaign announced Tuesday.
The Carrier workers found themselves in the national spotlight after a video emerged in February that showed a company executive informing them that their jobs were going to Mexico. Since then, the Carrier story has worked its way into the stump speeches of presidential candidates on both the left and the right, as they have pilloried the company for its plans to offshore 2,100 jobs.
Workers at the plant are represented by the United Steelworkers Local 1999, based in Indianapolis. Kelly Hugunin, a business representative for the union, told The Huffington Post that the unions executive board first made the recommendation to endorse Sanders. Membership then approved the move at its last monthly meeting. (Their international union, the United Steelworkers, headquartered in Pittsburgh, has not endorsed any candidate yet.)
Hugunin said the union decided to back Sanders because of his consistency in opposing trade deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, which removed trade barriers between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Yuge NEWS out of Indiana (and remember the POTUS that passed NAFTA) (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2016
OP
We must fight on against the Clinton Aristocracy and the domination of the Wealthy Class. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#1
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)1. We must fight on against the Clinton Aristocracy and the domination of the Wealthy Class. nm
jwirr
(39,215 posts)3. Totally agree.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)2. Well at least those union members get it.
Too many are willing to let the Third Wayers continue to cut union members' throats.