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Fliers in English and Spanish say Hillary Clinton supports a $15 minimum wage, but she hasn't actually endorsed that position. | AP Photo SEIU fliers paint Clinton as $15 minimum wage supporter in Nevada

LAS VEGAS — Ahead of Nevada's Democratic caucuses, the Service Employees International Union is distributing literature to members touting Hillary Clinton's support for a $15 hourly wage for workers. But Clinton, who won SEIU's endorsement in November, has not actually endorsed a federal $15 minimum wage. Clinton has said since the beginning of her campaign that she backs a federal minimum wage of $12 an hour.

“Hillary Clinton supports our fight for $15 and a union,” read the SEIU fliers, which were distributed in English and Spanish. The literature also featured quotes from Clinton supporting New York’s proposal to raise wages for fast-food workers to $15 an hour.

“As president, I will work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars — and support state and local efforts to go even further,” Clinton wrote last week on Medium. She wrote that she “strongly” supported the efforts of low-income workers to fight for $15 an hour.

Bernie Sanders has endorsed a federal $15 minimum wage.

The fliers were sent out as a tool to provide members information about where Clinton stands on SEIU’s agenda, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.

SEIU’s Nevada state director, Brian Shepherd, told POLITICO the fliers were not misleading about Clinton’s position.

“Hillary Clinton was the first candidate who came and met with workers and said she supported our movement,” Shepherd said. “The fight for $15 is about creating a movement of people to talk about the inequality in America. That’s been the focus of the fight for $15.”

Shepherd said the union has been stumping for Clinton in working-class neighborhoods and has knocked on 36,000 doors and distributed 10,000 pledge cards on her behalf.