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Omaha Steve

(103,460 posts) Sat Jul 4, 2015, 03:45 PM Jul 2015

Union shirts at Bernie's Council Bluffs, IA rally last night

The Council Bluffs Labor Council had reserved seats.

Shirts I saw not in the Labor Council were IWW (Wobblies), CWA, Teamsters, USW, IBEW, green AFSCME, Laborers, SEIU, UAW, Grain Millers (Kellogg's has talked about closing the Omaha plant) and my bright yellow AFSCME.

As large as the crowd was, I'm sure I missed many others.

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Union peeps listen to Trumka? Who knew? 99th_Monkey Jul 2015 #1

99th_Monkey

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1. Union peeps listen to Trumka? Who knew?

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Sat Jul 4, 2015, 04:35 PM

Jul 2015

"AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka is warning labor leaders to hold off on endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders' bid for the presidency, saying the federation's bylaws specify that such endorsements are to be left up to the organization on a national level.

Trumka, in a memo sent out this week, reminded groups that they are not allowed to "endorse a presidential candidate" or even work on statements or resolutions that indicate a preference for any candidate, reports Politico. Further, he said that "personal statements" are also forbidden.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/afl-cio-unions-bernie-sanders-richard-trumka/2015/07/03/id/653371/

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