Bernie Sanders has received the support from the American Postal Workers Union on Thursday. This is the second major union endorsement as the first came from the National Nurses Union in August…
WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders secured the endorsement of the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union on Thursday, marking the largest labor union to back his Democratic presidential campaign.
The union’s decision gives Sanders a boost heading into the second Democratic debate in Iowa on Saturday and comes as the Vermont senator has sought to halt a string of labor endorsements to Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The postal workers’ union said Sanders has a long history of supporting its workers and pointed to his efforts to keep open post offices and mail-sorting plants in rural communities, oppose slower delivery standards and fight attempts to privatize the mail service…
“Sen. Bernie Sanders stands above all others as a true champion of postal workers and other workers throughout the country,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein said in a statement. “He doesn’t just talk the talk. He walks the walk.”…
Postal worker union officials said Sanders showed a deep understanding of their issues and said they were particularly swayed by his address to 2,000 activists in Las Vegas in October. From his Senate perch, Sanders has also blocked two nominees to the postal Board of Governors who are opposed by postal unions.
This will be a nice feather in the cap of the Sanders’ campaign, and good news going into this weekend’s debate. Hopefully, this will keep the primary season robust and discussions lively.
I like it too. I hope HRC’s team takes notice. The harder they drive to the populist left the better they do.