Warren and Sanders Share Union Endorsement

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Elizabeth Warren nudged past Bernie Sanders for first place in a presidential endorsement vote by members of a California health care workers union, though the group’s board gave its backing to both progressive candidates.

The National Union of Healthcare Workers endorsed Sanders in the 2016 race. Warren’s position as the leading candidate in the union vote Wednesday is yet another reminder of how she is increasingly moving ahead of Sanders and is challenging former Vice President Joe Biden as Democratic front-runner.

The 15,000-member California union says Warren got 61% while Sanders had 50% in the balloting, which let members make up to three choices.

Labor groups are an essential voting bloc for Democrats. Earlier this month, Warren won the endorsement of the Working Families Party over Sanders, dealing a blow to the Vermont senator and self-described democratic socialist. Sanders in August got an early endorsement from the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. The 2 million member Service Employees International Union, which has not endorsed a candidate, is hosting the leading 2020 contenders at a forum in Los Angeles Oct. 4 and 5.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-26/warren-and-sanders-share-union-endorsement-campaign-update

[PupCamo]

1. how long before the bern bros attack the union

[George II]

2. Warren supporters should be more upset - she got 61% of the vote but only 50% of the endorsement.

[NurseJackie]

3. You were reading my mind.

how long before the bern bros attack the union

You were reading my mind. And it's a totally legitimate and logical question to ask. Everyone has observed how they behaved in the past and just recently... we have absolutely no reason to believe that it won't happen again.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that when the BS campaign is obviously flailing and sinking... and because it's doing so embarrassingly poorly in the polls (from important states) it certainly makes sense that these types of endorsements --- no matter how under the radar they may be --- become quite the "life-or-death" turning point when campaigns are desperate for any fingerhold at all.

[Blue_true]

6. You can count, and you won't even have to hold your breath. nt

[ritapria]

4. Joint Endorsement

Bernie has the best pro- union credentials of any candidate ...He's been manning the picket lines long before he ran president ….But Warren has a far better chance of being nominated than Bernie so the union punts ..They want their cake and eat it too ….

[Blue_true]

5. That should irritate the hairs over the asses of the Stein voters that lead Bernie's campaign. nt

[PupCamo]

7. thanks for that visual