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Members of labor unions make the best labor-endorsed candidates. Fortunately for working families, several union members are running for office this year with the Labor 2020 endorsement. “We know that when union members hold public office, they champion our values and work hard to shift the balance of power for working people,” said Bill McCarthy, […]
Unions aren’t just talking about unity, either. They’re backing it up with action, working in coalition to grow participation in the election.
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy called the party-line vote a “slap in the face to working Minnesotans.”
Labor groups are working on contingency plans as traditional election work, like door knocking, might not be feasible this year.
“To workers who have contracted COVID, this is for you,” Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner said.
Making matters worse, Trump has over the last three years steadily chipped away at the number of federal OSHA investigators, now at its lowest point in the agency’s history.
As unions pause to remember their fallen members, COVID-19 has given new urgency to their fight for worker safety.
She has emerged as a leading advocate in the Senate for pension reform and worker protections, two top priorities for organized labor.
Unions seek protective gear, emergency sick leave, bonding bill as part of pandemic response.
The PRO Act, which would strengthen protections for workers trying to form a union, is dead on arrival in the Senate.
