--- title: Bernie Sanders: Communications Workers of America union endoresment description: The group represents about 700,000 workers nationally canonical: https://time.com/4153026/bernie-sanders-endorsement-communication-workers-of-america/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-17T04:13:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:56:48.989Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bernie Sanders to Nab One of His Biggest Endorsements Yet og:description: The Communications Workers of America union is reportedly set to back Sanders og:url: https://time.com/4153026/bernie-sanders-endorsement-communication-workers-of-america/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ec07cf9505a39cd/698875cd524fc0dcf0df5f76/gettyimages-501638784.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bernie Sanders Joins Interfaith Roundtable At Washington D.C. Mosque og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bernie Sanders to Nab One of His Biggest Endorsements Yet twitter:description: The Communications Workers of America union is reportedly set to back Sanders twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ec07cf9505a39cd/698875cd524fc0dcf0df5f76/gettyimages-501638784.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders to Nab One of His Biggest Endorsements Yet ## Video: Late Night Highlight: Bernie Sanders Blasts Donald Trump On The ‘Tonight Show’ [Watch (HLS stream): Late Night Highlight: Bernie Sanders Blasts Donald Trump On The ‘Tonight Show’](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uICp8cDc.m3u8) (0:46)  _Published 2015-12-09. Bernie Sanders didn’t hold back during his appearance on the “Tonight Show” when commenting on Donald Trump’s stance on Mexicans and Muslims._ by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Dec 17, 2015 4:13 AM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders smiles during an interfaith roundtable in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 16, 2015. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders smiles during an interfaith roundtable in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 16, 2015.Drew Angerer—Bloomberg/ Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Dec 17, 2015 4:13 AM UTC Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is set to pick up one of his biggest endorsements yet Thursday from the powerful Communications Workers of America union, sources told NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell. The group represents about 700,000 workers nationally, making it by far the largest union to back Sanders yet. CWA’s endorsement, which will be announced at a news conference at 11 a.m. Thursday at the union’s headquarters in Washington, comes as Sanders has lost out on a string of major union endorsements to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, whose campaign now claims the support of unions representing 12 million… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bernie-sanders-nab-one-his-biggest-endorsements-yet-n481471?cid=par-time%5F20151217) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4153026/bernie-sanders-endorsement-communication-workers-of-america/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4153026/bernie-sanders-endorsement-communication-workers-of-america/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders to Nab One of His Biggest Endorsements Yet","datePublished":"2015-12-17T04:13:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:56:48.989Z","description":"The group represents about 700,000 workers nationally","url":"https://time.com/4153026/bernie-sanders-endorsement-communication-workers-of-america/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ec07cf9505a39cd/698875cd524fc0dcf0df5f76/gettyimages-501638784.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ec07cf9505a39cd/698875cd524fc0dcf0df5f76/gettyimages-501638784.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bernie Sanders Joins Interfaith Roundtable At Washington D.C. 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