How Organized Labor's Allegiance to Establishment Democrats is Killing Unions

How Organized Labor's Allegiance to Establishment Democrats is Killing Unions



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Hillary Clinton's latest union endorsement — this time, from the 2.1 million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) — has, once again, been an example of union leadership prioritizing political connections in high places over the best interests of its members.

As In These Times reported, the SEIU endorsement has angered local chapters so much that they're breaking off from the main union and endorsing Bernie Sanders, as they already have in New Hampshire, the first official presidential primary state. Rank-and-file dues-paying members of the SEIU said the executive board's announcement came too early, and point out that while Clinton's proposal for a $12 an hour minimum wage flies in the face of the SEIU's own Fight For $15 campaign. Both of Clinton's opponents in the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley, have gotten behind the call for a $15 an hour minimum wage.

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note, I am not in total agreement with article.