Anyone wanting substantive discussion of jobs in last night’s debate was disappointed. But because of the UAW’s organizing and strikes over the past year, both Trump and Harris felt compelled to insist they were the best candidate for autoworkers.
With huge shifts over the past decade in the way doctors are employed — half of all doctors now work for a health system or large medical group — the idea of unionizing is not only being explored but gaining traction within the profession.
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In the United States and Canada, we’ve seen an increase in labor militancy. This upsurge is a chance to inject working-class politics into the political arena, which has so far been mostly unresponsive to workers’ demands.
Harris will almost certainly win the labor vote, but what will really matter is Trump's ability to cut into her margins with appeals to working-class voters on issues like immigration and trade.
Deindustrialization has helped create a right-wing turn in many Midwestern towns. Long traditions of labor militancy can explain why it hasn’t in others.
This Labor Day, workers deserve to see lawmakers tackle one of the key areas of policy hindering their right to organize unions.
Vance has similarly drawn distinctions between “good unions” like police unions, and “bad unions” like Starbucks Workers United. Vance has a pattern of claiming to support workers while criticizing their democratically elected leadership.
Harris taking steps to bolster the all-important union vote.
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