UNIONS ARE LINING UP TO SUPPORT HARRIS

As the Harris presidential campaign heats up, labor is an important part of the coalition that is emphasizing the stakes in this election. In the words of United Auto Workers President Sean Fain, “The path forward is clear. We will defeat Donald Trump and his billionaire agenda and elect a champion for the working class to the highest office in this country. We will speak truth to power about the issues that matter to the working class: a living wage, decent healthcare, a dignified retirement, and taking our lives and our time back.”

Although UAW has not as yet formally endorsed Harris, no one doubts that an enthusiastic endorsement will soon be forthcoming. Fain has contrasted the behavior of President Biden, who joined striking auto workers on their picket line, with Trump who answered an invitation from the head of a non-union auto-parts company to address a meeting of its workers and denounce the strike. “Vice President Kamala Harris walked the picket line with us in 2019,” said a union statement “and along with President Biden has brought work and jobs back to communities like Lordstown, Ohio, and Belvidere, Illinois.”

As of this writing, among the unions who have endorsed Harris are:
The national AFL-CIO
Service Employees International Union
American Federation of Teachers
National Union of Healthcare Workers
United Farm Workers
Communication Workers of America
United Auto Workers

Given the stakes for labor in this election and the fact that many labor leaders have also praised the Biden-Harris administration as the most pro-labor administration in our history, there is no doubt that a flood of union endorsements are on the way.

Real News Network, 7/22; CWA, 7/25