Bernie Sanders in Chicago next week: Endorsing Jonathan Jackson, Delia Ramirez primary bids
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Independent with ties to key backers of Democratic congressional candidates Delia Ramirez and Jonathan Jackson, is endorsing them, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
Sanders will be in Chicago next week for a “Fighting Back Against Corporate Greed” rally Thursday at Teamsters Local 705, 1645 W. Jackson Blvd., and for a Friday keynote address to the Labor Notes Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, a large convention of grassroots union activists.
The senator will also make side trips to Racine, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Iowa, to support striking UAW workers.
The Sanders team is still putting together his Chicago schedule, with the senator expected to appear with Ramirez and Jackson to leverage his endorsement.