The largest of the unions at GE Transportation in Erie, Local 506 of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, voted today to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Scott Slawson, president of Local 506, spoke Tuesday when Sanders held a rally at Erie's Bayfront Convention Center.

Union members voted today during a series of membership meetings to offer the union's endorsement to Sanders, a member of the U.S. Senate from Vermont.

"Bernie Sanders is the only candidate out there who consistently supports the interests of working people," Slawson said in a statement. "Bernie's been a consistent fighter throughout his career against so-called free trade deals -- NAFTA and the rest of them -- that have exported good jobs and driven down wages in this country."