The path forward is clear,” said UAW President Shaw Fain, “we will defeat Donald Trump and his billionaire agenda and elect a champion for the working class to the highest office in this country.”
By Luis Feliz Leon, In These Times
President Joe Biden, who has often touted himself as the most pro-union president in U.S. history, dropped out of the race for a second term in office on Sunday, less than a month before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and less than four months before November’s general election.
Biden also endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to run against former President Donald Trump, and within hours several major unions echoed that endorsement.
They include, among others, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the nation’s largest private sector union; United Farm Workers, the nation’s largest and most enduring farm workers’ union (chiefly organizing in California); the American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second largest teachers’ union.
“SEIU is proud to endorse VP @KamalaHarris as our nominee for President. As a woman of color & the child of immigrant parents, VP Harris is not only a historic choice to lead the ticket – she is prepared,” read a Tweet from SEIU President April Verrett. “She brings decades of public service fighting for workers across industries.”
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