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Crowd cheers as Bernie Sanders joins Verizon workers’ picket line in Brooklyn

April 13, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Crowd cheers as Bernie Sanders joins Verizon workers’ picket line in Brooklyn
By Reuters
(Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2016 1:47 pm ET) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders paid an impromptu visit to a Verizon workers’ picket line in Brooklyn on Wednesday after being endorsed by New York City transit workers as he tried to wrest a bit of union support from rival Hillary Clinton.

The Brooklyn-born Sanders addressed an enthusiastic crowd of striking workers from Verizon Communications Inc as “brothers and sisters” and thanked them for their courage in standing up to what he characterized as corporate greed.

Bernie Sanders Endorsements

March 7, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders’ major endorsements
By Politico Staff

(Mar. 7, 2016 11:26 EST) — Bernie Sanders has not amassed the volume of congressional endorsements his rival for the nomination, Hillary Clinton, has but the Vermont senator does have support from key unions.

Here is a look at the congressional and union endorsements he does have, along with one from an outspoken musician.

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Crowd cheers as Bernie Sanders joins Verizon workers’ picket line in Brooklyn

Bernie Sanders Endorsements

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