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Title: Union Members Seem To Want Bernie Sanders Over Hillary Clinton. Will Labor Leadership Follow Them? Author: Mario Vazques Source: In These Times

*Date:* Dec 16, 2015

*Summary: *Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has emerged as the most outspoken pro-labor candidate in the 2016 Democratic primary. With his introduction http://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/248517-bernie-sanders-to-push-15-minimum-wage-bill of federal $15 minimum wage legislation and his frequent targeting http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jul/31/bernie-s/sanders-says-walmart-heirs-own-more-wealth-bottom-/ of Walmart’s Walton family in his stump speech, Sanders has his finger on the pulse of the some of the most vibrant and large-scale economic-justice movements http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/Walmart-Fast-Food-Workers-Lead-Nationwide-Fight-for-15-Strike in decades. That stands in stark contrast to the front runner, Hillary Clinton, who’s been mum on $15 http://www.buzzfeed.com/kyleblaine/hillary-clinton-declines-to-support-a-national-15-minimum-wa and is a former http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4218509 Walmart board member.

*Link: *bit.ly/1k4ubUq

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