Labor for Bernie

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About the campaign

Labor for Bernie "is a volunteer effort neither funded nor directed by the Sanders for President campaign" powered by Movement Builders, "A creative agency for nonprofits, unions & progressive causes."

A letter pledging support for Bernie Sanders was signed by over 1100 labor union activists.

Text of the letter

"We are union leaders, organizers and labor activists committed to building a broad, effective movement for democratic change. While we come from different unions and backgrounds, our goal is a government that carries out the will of the people, not prop up the profits of the 1% at the expense of the rest of us.

To that end, we support Bernie Sanders to be the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. Senator Sanders has a long-standing commitment to union principles and labor’s values and we stand firmly behind him as the strongest candidate who will articulate our issues. Sanders is the bold, pro-worker alternative.

As a truly progressive candidate for the Democratic Party nomination, Senator Sanders has the chance to inspire millions of Americans with policy proposals that put the interests of the 99%, front and center. His campaign will draw attention to what unions and collective bargaining have accomplished for workers and energize our movement.

Franklin D. Roosevelt called out the “economic royalists” of his day; Senator Sanders is picking up the banner. He is the only candidate who clearly challenges the billionaires at the very top who not only stole our pensions, our jobs, our homes, but now are dismantling our democracy. He answers to “We the People” and not to the corporate and financial sectors or members of the privileged elite. Bernie brings the kind of leadership that is necessary to build a real, living democracy and a prosperous sustainable economy.

Labor must step up to change the direction of American politics. We need politics to focus on the issues of our time: growing inequality and pervasive racism, the power of concentrated wealth and its corruption of our democracy, an escalating pension and retirement security crisis, runaway military spending and a militarized foreign policy, Medicare for All, and the need for new, bold solutions to our shared problems.

Labor for Bernie 2016 won’t be a corporate-style, staff-driven, top-down campaign. It will reflect our commitment to creating fundamental change and the urgency of stronger grassroots organizing and political activity.

We call on labor leaders, union members and working people to unite behind Bernie Sanders for a voice in the presidential political process and to elect the President working families need – a President who will answer to the 99 percent!

We are Labor for Bernie 2016. Join the political revolution today!"

Labor Union supporters

The following labor union activists signed the above pledge:

• [[Sara Steffens]] CWA Local 39521
• Randi Gill AFSCME Local 52 Anchorage AK Member
• [[Rick Holcomb]] CEA CEA Palmer AK janitor
• Robert Santee Laborers Local 942 Fairbanks AK Laborer
• Justin Byram IBEW Local 558 Tuscumbia AL
• Ed Jackson Operating Engineers Local 653 Daphne AL Operating Engineers
• David Livengood UAW Local112 Cottondale AL Volunteer
• David Story IAM Local Lodge 44 Hartselle AL Recording Secretary
• Lynn Talbott SEIU Workers United Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board Silverhill AL Retired Int'l VP
• Everett Vital IWW Local 640 Huntsville AL Member
• Robert Teitel Carpenters Local 978 Omaha AR
• Stephen Engelby Ironworkers Local 75 Phoenix, Az chandler AZ journeyman Ironworker
• Laura Horton-Charles UFCW Local 99 Tucson AZ Business agent
• Dorothy Minnesota NEA Dysart Education Association Surprise AZ campus rep
• Kurt rogers IBEW Local 134 El Mirage AZ
• ifeoma adams National Nurses United California Nurses Association Oakland CA
• Joe Ayala CWA-NABET Local 53 Simi Valley CA Vice President
• Merrill Barton IBEW Local 11 riverside CA
• Jill Bolduc NEA Fairfield-Suisun Unified Teachers Association Napa CA Member
• Mike Bowden Theatrical Stage Employees Local 134 Modesto CA
• Brian Boyce NEA California Teachers Association(CTA) Soquel Education Association(SEA) Santa Cruz CA Public school teacher
• Gina Bradley Theatrical Stage Employees MPSC 839 Westlake Village CA
• Steve Braudo AFT United Teachers Los Angeles Manhattan Bch CA Chapter Chair
• Robert Broadfoot Theatrical Stage Employees United Scenic Artists Local 829 Oakland CA
• Amelia Bunch SEIU Local 1021 Oakland CA Organizer
• Lynda Buskey-Berg National Nurses United California Nurses Association Glendale CA Organizer
• Duane Campbell NEA- SEIU California Faculty Association Sacramento CA
• monica collins SEIU Local 1021 san francisco CA
• craig collins NEA sea Chula vista CA member
• Kim Cosmas NEA CTA/Mtn View-Whisman school district San Jose CA secretary of local teachers union
• Don Crosatto IAM District 190 Oakland CA Assistant Directing Business Rep IAM DIstrict 190
• Michael Diddams MEBA D1-PCD Oakland CA
• John Digby Ironworkers Local 377 Capitola CA
• Jordan Drevdahl NEA Moreno Valley Educations Associaion Corona CA
• John Dugan CWA CWA Berkeley CA Organizer
• Brian Dumont USW Local 625 Long Beach CA
• james eggleston National Nurses United california nurses association la selva beach CA legal counsel (retired)
• Michael Eisenscher AFT Local 1603, Peralta Federation of Teachers Oakland CA Labor Council Delegate
• george fanopoulos Teamsters Local 948 visalia CA shop steward
• Helen Farias NEA Sweetwater Education Assn. San Diego CA Vice President, Organzing Chair
• Eriberto Fernandez UFW Stockton Region Stockton CA United Farm Workers of America
• Virginia Franco NEA SDEA/CTA San Diego CA Retired teacher
• Beth Gargsn SAG-AFTRA Hollywood branch San Gabriel CA Member
• Nuray Gercek National Nurses United California Nurses Association San Francisco CA
• Natalie Gray NEA MBTA Pacific Grove CA CTA
• Joel Greenfield IBEW Local 11 Arcadia CA apprentice
• Joshua Harper Carpenters Local 721 Inglewood CA Carpenter
• Jaclyn Higgs National Nurses United California Nurses Association Oakland CA Graphics Lead
• Eric Hofmann UWUA Local 132 Beaumont CA Executive board member
• R. Johnson IBEW Local 11 granada hills CA member
• Constance Kazmer Motion Picture Editors Guild Local 700 Granada Hills CA
• Lisa Kermish CWA Local 9119 Oakland CA Executive Board member
• Patric Kim ILWU ILWU San Jose CA
• Christopher Law SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Van Nuys CA Member since 1970
• Joseph Logston Bricklayers Local 13, tile setting Bellflower CA retired tile setter
• john luckett Painters and Allied Trades Local 3 el sobrante CA pictorial artist
• David Marroquin Teamsters Local 853 South San Francisco CA
• Molly Martin IBEW Tradeswomen inc. San francisco CA
• Larry Mckinney Teamsters Local 166 redlands CA Retired Teamster
• Jeremy Merrill NEA SDEA El Cajon CA
• Jerry Miller Operating Engineers Local 3 STOCKTON CA retired
• Matt Morgan Teamsters Local 150 Rocklin CA Teamster
• Eileen Moynihan National Nurses United California Nurses Association Santa Rosa CA Organizer
• Cristian Murguia NUHW NUHW Los Angeles CA Political Organizer
• Kevin Murphy AFT Local 1481 San Francisco CA
• Eric Murphy UNITE HERE Local 30 San Diego CA
• Marc Norton UNITE HERE Local 2, San Francisco San Francisco CA rank-and-file
• Michael Nye AFT DSA East Bay Richmond CA Retired
• Peter Olney ILWU ILWU Retired San Francisco CA Retired
• Peter Panagopoulos AFT Local 1481 San Francisco CA
• Susanne Paradis CWA Local 9119 (UPTE) La Selva Beach CA Director of Organizing
• Brian Parker IBEW Local 332 Boulder Creek CA journeyman wireman
• Mindy Pines CWA Pacific Media Workers Guild Richmond CA
• Vicente Quintana AFSCME Local 2190 Los Altos Hills CA President Local 2190
• Anabel Salcedo UFCW Local 135 Chula Vista CA Union Organizer
• Pam Salinas Independent union UPE1 Sacramento CA
• Christopher Sequeira IAM Local 620 Lakewood CA Member
• John Shaban SEIU Local 1021 Sacramento CA Field Representative
• Jedediah Smith National Nurses United California Nurses Association Huntington Beach CA Labor Representative/Organizer
• Mark Splain SEIU 350.org stinson beach CA former AFL-CIO Organizing Director
• Sean Swoboda IBEW Local 477 Lake Arrowhead CA
• Amanda Wade AFGE Local 3614 Los Angeles CA
• Elizabeth Wilks CWA Local 9119 UPTE Lompoc CA Treasurer
• Nicholas Wilson IBEW Local 332 san jose CA member
• Goetz Wolff AFT UC-AFT 1990 Los Angeles CA
• Lewis Wright ILWU ILWU Credit Union San Diego CA Director, education commity
• shane yazzie United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 114 santa maria CA
• Thomas Ziegler Carpenters Local 217 San Francisco CA Carpenter
• Peter Ziegler Ironworkers Local 377 Capitola CA Instructor
• Hector Alvarez Independant Union COWINS Denver CO
• Dave Anderson AFSCME (retired) Democratic Socialists of America Boulder CO
• Bruce Cratty UFCW Denver CO
• Chris Goodwin AFSCME Retiree Chapter 76 Boulder CO
• Barbara Hildebrand AFT Illinois Littleton CO
• Joe Lauro Teamsters Local 455 Westminster CO member
• Jesse Mathews NEA Poudre Education Association Fort Collins CO
• Jack Schumacher IBEW Local 111 Lakewood CO Groundman Driver
• Michael Ahimsa AFSCME Council 4 West Hartford CT Member
• Melissa Bellante UNITE HERE Local 34 Bristol CT

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