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.
Interview with Stephanie Ternullo by Chris Maisano
Convergence
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.
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On Labor
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.
Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, seven unions — whose members constitute almost half of all American union members — have demanded an end to US military aid to Israel. The labor movement’s calls to end the Gaza genocide are growing.
Questions linger about unions' united front in the wake of Teamsters President Sean O'Brien's appearance at the Republican National Convention last week.
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