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QC

(26,371 posts)
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 12:03 AM Dec 2015

Sanders Wins South Carolina AFL-CIO Endorsement

The South Carolina AFL-CIO executive board passed a resolution supporting U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ candidacy for the Democratic Party presidential nomination and recommending his endorsement by the state and national labor organization.

“We call on the AFL-CIO, union members and working people everywhere to unite behind Bernie Sanders and elect the president Americas’ workers desperately need,” the resolution said. The resolution “strongly urges” the national AFL-CIO to endorse Sanders.


http://njtoday.net/2015/08/30/sanders-wins-south-carolina-afl-cio-endorsement/
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Sanders Wins South Carolina AFL-CIO Endorsement (Original Post) QC Dec 2015 OP
Great endorsement and great news! emulatorloo Dec 2015 #1
FaneffingTASTIC JackInGreen Dec 2015 #2
Outstanding! PatrickforO Dec 2015 #3
Whoa.... Bjornsdotter Dec 2015 #4
But no one in South Carolina has ever heard of him!!1!!1!!!1 QC Dec 2015 #5
Stealth mode Bjornsdotter Dec 2015 #7
I think you're right. The corporate media are obsessed QC Dec 2015 #8
Good news indeed. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #17
AFL-CIO...that's a biggie. in_cog_ni_to Dec 2015 #6
K&R leftcoastmountains Dec 2015 #9
Whereas: Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, Cassiopeia Dec 2015 #10
Bernie!! AzDar Dec 2015 #11
That is fantastic! highprincipleswork Dec 2015 #12
Yes it is! n/t QC Dec 2015 #14
When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Dec 2015 #13
Did anyone check the date on this article? MrChuck Dec 2015 #15
Not sure why it just showed up on my Facebook feed tonight, QC Dec 2015 #16
Yay, Bernie! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #18
Wow, that's going to make waves Babel_17 Dec 2015 #19

QC

(26,371 posts)
5. But no one in South Carolina has ever heard of him!!1!!1!!!1
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 12:30 AM
Dec 2015

Or at least that's what we've been hearing.

I guess someone was misinformed.

Bjornsdotter

(6,123 posts)
7. Stealth mode
Reply to QC (Reply #5)
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 12:39 AM
Dec 2015

I feel that we are in stealth mode. While the media is focused on Trump and Hillary, Bernie is making headway with the people.

I love it!

QC

(26,371 posts)
8. I think you're right. The corporate media are obsessed
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 12:41 AM
Dec 2015

with The Hil 'n Donnie Show, but more and more Americans, especially younger ones, are getting their information from social media, not the TV.

Exactly right--we are in stealth mode.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
6. AFL-CIO...that's a biggie.
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 12:34 AM
Dec 2015

I hope ALL States and National follow suit! Let the members vote, and Bernie will be endorsed by every Union in this country! Great snag!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

Cassiopeia

(2,603 posts)
10. Whereas: Our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people,
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 01:01 AM
Dec 2015

not prop up the profits of the 1% at the expense of the rest of us, and

Whereas: We firmly believe that Senator Bernie Sanders is the strongest candidate articulating our issues. His commitment to union principles and labor’s values is longstanding and heartfelt, and

Whereas: As a truly progressive candidate for the Democratic Party nomination, Bernie has the chance to inspire millions of Americans with policy proposals that put the interests of the labor movement, front and center. His campaign will draw attention to what unions and collective bargaining have accomplished for workers and energize our movement, and

Whereas: Labor must step up to fundamentally change the direction of American politics, by refocusing on the issues of our time: growing inequality and pervasive racism, the power of concentrated wealth and its corruption of our democracy, an escalating pension and retirement security crisis, runaway military spending and a militarized foreign policy, Medicare for All, and the need for new, bold solutions to our shared problems.

Therefore be it resolved that:

We call on the AFL-CIO, union members and working people everywhere to unite behind Bernie Sanders and elect the President America’s workers desperately need, and

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)
13. When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 01:34 AM
Dec 2015

eom

QC

(26,371 posts)
16. Not sure why it just showed up on my Facebook feed tonight,
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 02:13 AM
Dec 2015

or why we didn't hear about it earlier.

That's interesting.

Still a good endorsement.

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