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Harris's Working Class Messaging Finds Union Support

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4.612.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are working hard to earn the support of a key voting bloc this election: union voters. While most major unions have kept up the tradition of backing Democrats by endorsing Harris, two of the country’s biggest unions — the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Association of Fire Fighters — opted not to endorse either candidate, citing internal divisions among their ranks. April Verrett, president of the Service Employees International Union, joins us to talk about why her union endorsed Harris, and what’s driving divisions within unions.

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0:14.4

It's Tuesday October 15th. I'm Jane Kosten and this is what a day the show where we would love to compete in Hong Kong space out competition. For all you have to do is just zone out without doing anything or falling asleep.

0:20.0

Staring off into the abyss for 90 consecutive minutes, buddy, that's just Sunday.

0:26.0

On today's show, the suspect found with guns and fake tickets to a rally

0:34.9

supporting former President Donald Trump threatens to sue law enforcement

0:37.9

because actually he loves Trump. Plus, Dem's focus on the indigenous vote

0:42.2

in battleground states.

0:44.0

But first, Vice President Kamlaw Harris and former President Donald Trump are working hard to

0:48.3

earn the support of a key voting block this election, Union Voters. This week week Harris is campaigning in three major

0:54.5

swing states with strong ties to organized labor, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and

0:58.3

Wisconsin. During a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania on Monday, Harris reiterated her promise to fight for working families.

1:05.0

I will always put the middle class and working families first.

1:09.5

I come from the middle class and I will never forget where I come from.

1:13.0

Never forget where I come from.

1:17.0

And most major unions have kept up the tradition of backing Democrats by endorsing Harris.

1:22.0

She's earned support from the United Auto Workers, the AFL-CIO, United Steel Workers,

1:27.0

the American Federation of Teachers, the list goes on.

1:30.0

But there are two major union endorsements she did not win, the International Brotherhood

1:34.7

of Teamsters and the International Association of Firefighters.

1:38.5

Both opted not to endorse a candidate for the White House this year, even though they both backed President Biden in

1:44.0

2020.

1:45.0

During an interview with PBS, the head of the Teamsters, Sean O'Brien, said internal polls showed

1:49.6

union members split between the two candidates.

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