Tag: Union

Bernie Sanders Gets National Nurses Union Endorsement… Not Hillary

In this photo taken May 20, 2015, Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., poses for a portrait before an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. For Democrats who had hoped to lure Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren into a presidential campaign, independent Sen. Bernie Sanders might be the next best thing. Sanders, who is opening his official presidential campaign Tuesday in Burlington, Vermont, aims to ignite a grassroots fire among left-leaning Democrats wary of Hillary Rodham Clinton. He is laying out an agenda in step with the party's progressive wing and compatible with Warren's platform _ reining in Wall Street banks, tackling college debt and creating a government-financed infrastructure jobs program. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Well chalk another one up for Bernie Sanders. The Washington Post is reporting that Bernie has scored a major endorsement from the National Nurses Union, which essentially means that Hillary Clinton did not get their endorsement… essentially! National Nurses United, which represents 185,000 nurses across the country, announced its pick at an event in Oakland… Continue reading Bernie Sanders Gets National Nurses Union Endorsement… Not Hillary

Teaparty Congressman Collects Disability From His Union Job

U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack, R Minn. concedes the race to Rick Nolan at his headquarters in Hinckley, Minn., Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy King)

Rep. Chip Cravaack won the midterm election for Minnesota in 2010, thanks in part to his extreme Teaparty platform. The newly elected congressman even voted for the Paul Ryan Teaparty backed budget, that will end medicare and replace it with a voucher program which seniors would be expected to use to satisfy their health needs. But a… Continue reading Teaparty Congressman Collects Disability From His Union Job

Democrats Win One. Controversial Union Language in Bill Dropped

No, I’m not talking about the language against unions in Wisconsin, I’m talking about the language against unions in Indiana. After the Republican majority in Indiana tried to pass the same anti-union bill being debated in Wisconsin, Indiana Democrats fled the state to avoid the vote. Well, it will appear that their antics worked, because… Continue reading Democrats Win One. Controversial Union Language in Bill Dropped