Current Events > Culinary Union refuses to endorse a candidate, comes out against Medicare 4 All.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/13/nevadas-powerful-culinary-union-declines-to-endorse-a-2020-candidate-115019

Nevada's powerful Culinary Workers Union will not endorse in the presidential primary, while criticizing Bernie Sanders signature Medicare for All proposal.

In declining to pick a candidate but calling for "choices" in health care the union created an opening for Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, two moderate Democrats with little demonstrated support in the state.

And it was a further setback for Joe Biden, who has been desperate to reassert himself after two demoralizing performances in Iowa and New Hampshire.

you hate to see it

Culinary Union? A Union for cooks? Why should we care what they think?

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You'd think the cooks would want their people to be healthy, considering they make the food <_<

MachineJaipur posted...

You'd think the cooks would want their people to be healthy, considering they make the food <_<

I imagine it's the union bigwigs rather than the employees they represent. It's easier to focus on getting a decent health insurance plan than to argue for higher wages, and if M4A is passed members aren't gonna want to pay dues if they feel the union isn't doing anything for them

Unions tend to go into "fuck you, I got mine!" mode when healthcare comes up.

Worth noting that they also didn't endorse in 2016, but some had expected them to back Biden given his ties to leadership in NV.
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