Sanders recently launched a 2020 presidential campaign as a Democrat. The strike takes place in a state carried by President Donald Trump in 2016 that Democrats may need to win in order to take back the White House.
Sen. Bernie Sanders pledged his support for Pennsylvania workers who started striking Tuesday following the spinoff of a General Electric unit. About 1,700 employees at an Erie, Pa. locomotive plant — represented by the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America union — started their strike early Tuesday. The workers failed to come to terms with western Pennsylvania-based rail transport company Wabtec, which took over the facility in its merger with GE Transportation.
Read more: Top Bernie Sanders strategists split with his 2020 campaign over creative differences Sanders' support for the striking workers has"absolutely" nothing to do with his presidential ambitions, his spokesman Josh Miller-Lewis said. The senator has"stood with working people and against the greed of large, profitable corporations his entire life," he added. The union, known as UE, has a history with Sanders.
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