2020 candidates court union vote, but will have to work hard to earn it.
If there's a don't-miss thoroughfare on the 2020 campaign trail, it's the key constituency of the labor vote. Already, presidential hopefuls have been working overtime to court unions -- from policy proposals to picket lines to one-liners.
"I wouldn't be here without unions," Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-MN., said."I stand before you today as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner and a union member, the daughter of a teacher union member, the daughter of a newspaper man and a union member." One by one they took the stage to talk about their personal connections -- their father, brother, grandfather, uncle -- as evidence of their solidarity with workers."It's not about what you say -- I want to know what you stand for," Alaina Brooks, SEIU delegate for California's 36th Assembly District, executive board member for Local 2015.
SEIU members gathering to hear 2020 hopefuls repeatedly expressed that it is not enough to take the stage with your own family story. If you have one? Great. But they're looking for proverbial street credit on labor issues and a candidate's willingness to fight. And that takes concrete action and policies.
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