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Donkees

(32,395 posts)
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:39 PM Jan 2020

NBC News: Prominent New Hampshire union backing Bernie Sanders

Julia Jester, Gary Grumbach and Amanda Golden
42m ago / 4:53 PM EST

Excerpt:

MANCHESTER, NH -- New Hampshire’s second-largest union is set to endorse Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday, the Sanders campaign confirmed to NBC News.

SEA/SEIU Local 1984 contains over 10,000 private and public sector members, and will be making the announcement alongside Sanders’ national co-chair, former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner.

“I’m honored to receive SEA/SEIU Local 1984’s support today,” said Sen. Sanders in a statement shared first with NBC News.

“The labor movement helped build the middle class in this country, and strong unions are key to reviving it today. As president, I’ll continue to stand on the side of workers and unions like SEA/SEIU 1984 in the fight for a fair and just economy that works for all of us.”

Rich Gulla, the president of SEA/SEIU Local 1984 praised Sanders in a statement, arguing that he's "represented the interests of workers all across this country" as well as workers in his union.

“Just recently, when he learned of the struggles that New Hampshire state employees who are without a contract are facing he called a press conference to tell Governor Sununu to treat workers with respect. We know American workers can count on him. We are proud to endorse Sen. Sanders for president," Gulla said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/blog/meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541/ncrd1114251

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Donkees

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2. Nov 25, 2019 - Town Hall with Bernie and SEA/SEIU 1984
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 06:06 PM
Jan 2020


Nov 25, 2019

STRENGTHEN UNIONS: It was the trade union movement that built the middle class in this country, and it is the trade union movement that is going to rebuild it once again. Together, we are going to stand up to corporate greed and end the war on working families.
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