2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI belong to a Union in New York City
Our International endorsed Hillary, but our local just took a poll of its members, who would they be supporting. The results were sent out today:
Bernie Sanders: 177
Hillary Clinton: 104
Donald Trump: 15
Jill Stein: 3
Ted Cruz: 2
Rand Paul: 1
Marco Rubio: 1
The total count equals: 303
Make of it what you will.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)for sharing this information.
GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)Brooklyn Born Native Son kicking some carpetbagger tookus
For democrats he beats her 63-37
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)persuadable
(53 posts)"Hillary Clinton is the only candidate that reached out to discuss issues affecting members of our Union" said the International President of the former Secretary of State just weeks before the Iowa caucus. She spent her valuable time discussing our unique issues and challenges with me, demonstrating not just her support of workers in general, but also that she is concerned with the well-being of members of our Union.
The 125,000 member strong interntional unions General Executive Board voted to back Clinton in what was an unanimous show of hands, so to speak, on January 11. Not that the backing of the ex-NY Senator is any surprise last July, the Union put out a statement applauding Clinton for calling out companies that misclassified workers as independent contractors.
Of course, three months ago I was also a very strong Hillary supporter. The campaign she has waged has turned me off and I now believe Bernie may be the stronger candidate. If the Republicans nominate a "moderate" candidate she can not win.
kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)yellerpup
(12,252 posts)Thanks for sharing it with us and Welcome to DU!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)videos with Bernie joining the union marches.
I have never seen that with HRC.