With the Democratic nomination in reach, Hillary Clinton is taking steps to consolidate support in the party’s base by rallying labor groups to her campaign and wooing backers of her primary challenger, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Mrs. Clinton, who is just 90 delegates short of primary victory, is counting on organized labor to bring manpower and money to her White House bid as she pivots to the general-election campaign.
She appeared before the Service Employees International Union’s convention in Detroit on Monday, and she will continue to make her case Thursday when she addresses a United Food & Commercial Workers International Union conference in Las Vegas.
Also Monday, the Democratic National Committee ensured Mr. Sanders’s backers will have enough representatives on a key committee to influence the drafting of the party’s platform at the July convention in Philadelphia, meeting one of their chief demands. For the full article click here
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