Bernie Sanders’ push to let post offices offer banking services – which supporters say would help poor and rural Americans – may have just won him his biggest union endorsement yet.
The American Postal Workers Union announced their endorsement of Sanders Thursday, giving the insurgent Democratic candidate a small boost at a critical moment as his campaign tries to find its way.
While the novel idea wasn’t the only reason the postal workers got behind Sanders, union president Mark Dimondstein said it was important.
“That’s something we’ve been working on for a period of time,” Dimondstein said. “It’s very important from this standpoint:
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