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Bernie Sanders Receives Biggest Labor Endorsement Yet

The 700,000-member Communications Workers of America backs the Vermont senator's presidential bid after a survey of members.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday received his biggest labor endorsement yet from the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America.

The Vermont senator, a self-described Democratic socialist who has been lagging Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in union endorsements despite his populist campaign platform, said he "would have won a lot more national union support" if other national unions followed the same process as the CWA.