The major Nevada union declined to make an endorsement after it criticized Bernie Sanders ahead of the state's presidential caucuses.
Nevada's influential culinary union will not endorse a candidate ahead of the state's Feb. 22 presidential caucuses.
A candidate scorecard shared by the union this week told members that Sanders would "end culinary health care" with his "Medicare for All" plan. Certain unions have argued the senator's proposal, which would cover all Americans through a government-run system, would take away benefits for which members bargained.
The union considered supporting Biden, but was concerned about doing so after his fourth and fifth-place finishes, respectively, in Iowa and New Hampshire,The Democratic contenders have vied for the culinary union's key endorsement in Nevada. Sanders and Biden have earned the most support from organized labor so far in the race.
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