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"[1] powered by Movement Builders, "A creative agency for nonprofits, unions & progressive causes."[2]

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!"[3]

Labor Union supporters

The following labor union activists signed the above pledge:

Labor Union supporters

The following labor union activists signed the above pledge:

Michael Cosman IBEW Local 103 Brant Rock MA Technician Steven D'Amico SEIU Local 888 Seekonk MA Field Representative Barbara Dennis NEA MTA Algonquin Teachers Boylston MA Marianne Dumont AFT UNITED TEACHERS OF LOWELL Lowell MA Brian Duplisea National Nurses United MNA Somerville MA Organizer Enid Eckstein SEIU 1199 SEIU Jamaica Plain MA Retiree: Former Vice President Thomas Estabrook NEA Massachusetts Teachers Assoc. Grant and Contract Employees - UMass Lowell Somerville MA Grievance Secretary Mike Fadel National Nurses United MNA greenfield MA Directorof Strategic Campaigns Janine Fay UNITE HERE Local 26 Somerville MA Paul Feeney IBEW Local 2222 Foxborough MA Legislative Director - IBEW Local 2222 Jonathan Feinberg IUE-CWA Local 201 MA Lisa Field SEIU Local 888 Middleborough MA Director of Field Operations Bill Fitzgerald IBEW Local 2222 MA Colleen Fitzpatrick SEIU Local 888 Somerville MA Organizer Jennifer Fronc NEA Mass. Society of Professors/Mass. Teachers Association Amherst MA Paul Garver SEIU Local 585 SEIU (retired) Acton MA Local staff (retired) Jonathan Grossman SEIU Local 509 Lowell MA staff Brendan Harris SEIU NAGE R1-195 Somerville MA William Hazeltine Carpenters Local 275 Sudbury MA carpenter foreman Ivette Hernandez SEIU Local 509 MA Jim hopewell IBEW Local 2325 foxboro MA lineman Steven Huntley IBEW Local 2322 Plymouth MA Adam Kaszinski IUE-CWA Local 201 MA Mary Kefayati CWA Local 1400 sharon MA Dawn Klein NEA Massachusetts Teachers Association dklein114@gmail.com MA Matt Lash IBEW Local 103 Malden MA Business Development Director Jerry Levinsky SEIU Local 509 Amherst MA Field Representative Stephen Lewis SEIU Local 509 Malden MA Treasurer (retired) Joanne Lindner NALC NALC Branch 7 Lynn MA Nancy Lipinski AFT Salem MA library paraprofessional Christopher S Lorant aka Slammer UFCW Local 1445 Framingham MA Full Time Meat and Seafood Clerk Christopher S Lorant aka Slammer UFCW Local 1445 Framingham MA Stop & Shop Matthew Lyons IBEW Local 2222 Quincy MA Kerry Mackay IBEW Local 2223 E. Freetown MA Leo Maley National Nurses United Mass Nurses Assoc/NNU (former staff); UAW 2322 (former member) Amherst MA Ken Marien IUE-CWA Local 201 Westminster MA Jeb Mastandrea IAM Local 264 Boston MA Executive Board Richard McCarthy Teamsters Local 653 Taunton MA Adam McClain Theatrical Stage Employees Local 481 Lynn MA James McDonald APWU SSAL #3844 North Attleboro MA theresa medeiros SEIU sieu somerville MA Dale Melcher NEA MTA United States MA John Mondello Ironworkers Local 7 lynn MA ironworker Richard Monks Operating Engineers Local 877 Boston MA Ret. Bruce Morris APWU Local 3844 Brockton MA Hingham MA Paul Morse NEA Grant and Contract Employees, MTA Lowell MA Member Michael Moulison UTU Local 679 Burlington MA John Murphy Carpenters Local 40 Lowell MA rank and file Gino Nuzzolilo Teamsters Local 170 Worcester MA Max Page NEA Massachusetts Society of Professors/Mass Teachers Association Amherst MA Ronald Patenaude AFL-CIO Hampshire Franklin Central Labor Council Northampton, MA Blandford MA President Hampshire Franklin Central Labor Council Chris Persampieri SEIU Local 509 Abington MA Gary Pires ATU Local 1037 MA Mary Porter NEA Massachusetts Teachers Association, revere Teachers Associatioin Melrose MA MTA delegate to NEA Representative Assembly delegate 2015 Laura Punnett NEA Mass. Teachers Association Medford MA Mike Reidy IUE-CWA Local 201 Lynn MA Jennifer Reynolds SEIU Local 888 Whately MA Amherst Town Employees Chapter Chair Elizabeth Romero SEIU Somerville MA Elaine Salie IBEW Local 2320 salisbury MA COT Dave Saunders IBEW Local 2222 Somerville MA Donald Sheehan APWU SSAL #3844 Whitman MA Former wearer many hats Rich Shinnick IBEW Local 2222 Newton MA Retired union Haley Showell SEIU Local 509 Somerville MA Organizer David Slaney USW Local 2431 Cambridge MA Local president (retired) Craig Slatin NEA Massachusetts Teachers Association Medford MA Michael Smith Ironworkers Local 7 Boston quincy MA ironworker Steve Smith IBEW Local 2222 Methuen MA Marsha stpierre IBEW Local 2322 fall river MA Jason Tarqunio IBEW Local 2321 Groveland MA Steward Matt Veazie Operating Engineers Local 877 Watertown MA Operating Engineer Jan Vrotsos IBEW Local 2222 Medford MA Retired executive board Rand Wilson SEIU Local 888 Somerville MA Ian Woolverton SEIU Local 888 Boston MA Ferd Wulkan NEA MSP/MTA Montague MA Russell Young Carpenters Local 108 North Adams MA Gary Zabel NEA FSU/MTA UMass Boston Arlington MA Arrion Brown APWU Nations Capital Southern Maryland area local Annapolis MD Support Services Director Gene Bruskin UAW National Writers Union Local 1981 Silver Spring MD Retired Mitch buttner SMART local 100 lusbY MD journyman Doug Byrne AFSCME baltimore MD Mark Dudzic LCSP lcsp Columbia MD National Coordinator Mitch Ellmauer UFCW Local 400 College Park MD Erin Farmer OPEIU Local 2 Annapolis MD Assistant shop steward Ryan Gouveia IBEW Local 26 La Plata MD Apprentice Electrician Matt Hartman NEA PGCEA Glenarden MD member Joe Jurczak Mine Workers Davidsonville MD Retired miner Kenneth Lerch NALC Branch 3825 Wheaton MD President marlene moulthrop AFSCME silver spring MD retired David Piper UFCW Local 1994 Glenn Dale MD member Carl Proper UNITE HERE New England Joint Board Bethesda MD retired Political director Jason Roe OPEIU Local 2 Greenbelt MD Rank and File Vin Shrader Carpenters Local # 101 / # 1548. Sykesville MD M/W, Carp. Pile Driver. Lisa Skrzycki NTEU sec 293 Silver spring MD steward Eric Starin OPEIU Local 2 Rockville MD 3rd Vice President Pam Thacker UAW Local 435 Elkton MD Pamela Thacker UAW Local 435 elkton MD Nancy Bradbury SEIU MSEA Greene ME Jimmy Cook Teamsters Local 340 Bangor ME political coordinator Nicole johnston CWA Local 1400 brewer ME Denis Lehouillier IBEW Local 567 Scarborough ME Electrician

References

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  1. ↑ Labor for Bernie homepage, accessed July 13, 2015
  2. ↑ Movement Builders homepage, accessed July 13, 2015
  3. ↑ Labor for Bernie pledge, accessed July 13, 2015
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