With Hillary Clinton vying for endorsements the Vermont senator says his action for unions long predates his sponsorship of the Workplace Democracy ActThe battle for labor movement support among Democratic presidential candidates broke into the open on Tuesday with the launch of legislation by Senator Bernie Sanders protecting employees who seek to form unions.
Though the Workplace Democracy Act stands little chance of passing the current Republican-controlled Congress, it marks a current phase in the Sanders campaign’s effort to paint itself as the natural champion of organized labor.
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Source: theguardian.com