Bernie Staffers Posing as Kitchen Staff
by Jon Ralston Thu, 01/28/2016 - 09:57
We can confirm multiple reports of Bernie Sanders’ campaign staffers attempting and gaining access to Employee Dining Rooms at Las Vegas Strip properties where over 57,000 members that we represent work.
We are disappointed and offended. It's completely inappropriate for any campaign to attempt to mislead Culinary Union members, especially at their place of work. The Culinary Union button that hundreds of thousands of union members have proudly worn to work every day represents 80 years of struggle and fighting for justice. We strongly condemn anyone falsifying their affiliation with the Culinary Union in order to gain access to properties and we will cooperate with casinos and hotels so that this matter is fully resolved.
The Culinary Union has not made an endorsement and is focused on a major citizenship and voter registration campaign while preparing for upcoming contract negotiations.
Operatives in Bernie Sanders' campaign have been caught wearing Culinary union pins to gain access to Vegas strip hotel employee areas in order to curry favor with potential Nevada caucus voters. The union confirmed that it had discovered the subversion, and maintained that it wants to remain neutral until after the February 20 caucus. "We are disappointed and offended," read the union's official statement. Jeff Weaver, Sanders' campaign manager, said that the staffers never misrepresented their identities. "Obviously there was some confusion," he said. "We would not want anyone making a misrepresentation of who they are. To the extent that happened, I am unhappy about that." The campaign has not responded to further request for comment from The Daily Beast.
Read it at Ralston Reports
https://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/sanders-workers-are-masquerading-culinary-members-campaign-inside-hotels
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