EditorIn what may be the biggest signal yet of what union bosses refer to Bernie Sanders’ lack of ‘electability,’ the left-wing Service Employeess International Unions (SEIU) endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.
The 2-million-member Service Employees International Union approved the endorsement through a vote by its executive board. “Hillary Clinton has proven she will fight, deliver and win for working families,” said SEIU President Mary Kay Henry in a statement. “SEIU members and working families across America are part of a growing movement to build a better future for their families, and Hillary Clinton will support and stand with them.”
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Clinton now has the support of unions representing about 9.5 million union members, or nearly two-thirds of the U.S.’ 14.6 million union workers.
While the endorsement was done without a formal poll of the union’s members, it is important as the SEIU funds and controls the Fight For $15 movement.
As the hand controlling Fight For $15 puppet movment, the SEIU’s endorsement of Clinton presumably gives the Democrat frontrunner an army of fast-food and other workers—a low-wage voting bloc that the SEIU is hoping to establish for the 2016 elections.
However…
The endorsement comes only days after Clinton reaffirmed her opposition to a $15 federal hourly minimum and single-payer health insurance — both favored by Bernie Sanders — in a CBS News-sponsored Democratic debate. Clinton said she preferred a $12 minimum and the Affordable Care Act. Clinton has also drawn scrutiny from organized labor for having once sat on the board of Walmart, which vigorously opposes unions in its stores.
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So, why is the SEIU betraying its own $15 minimum wage campaign?
Only the SEIU’s union bosses (and the Clinton campaign) know for sure.
Here’s the SEIU’s video on the endorsement:
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