{"id":126663,"date":"2024-11-16T22:35:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126663"},"modified":"2024-11-16T22:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:35:38","slug":"harris-campaign-failed-to-connect-with-working-class-us-union-federation-says-us-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126663","title":{"rendered":"Harris campaign failed to connect with working class, US union federation says | US elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/kamala-harris\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kamala Harris<\/a>\u2019s presidential campaign failed to connect with low-income workers across the US because it resorted to \u201ctelling people versus listening\u201d, according to a senior union leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Liz Shuler, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), said the Democrat\u2019s bid for the White House did not resonate with working-class people who remain \u201cvery much economically insecure\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In an interview with the Guardian, she described a \u201cdisconnect\u201d between the day-to-day experiences of those struggling to make ends meet, and efforts by the Harris campaign to highlight a \u201cset of accomplishments and track record\u201d under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/joebiden\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re struggling to put food on the table, and you\u2019re still dealing with inflation \u2026 the messaging that Trump was saying was effective,\u201d Shuler said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s campaign framed the election around whether voters were better four years ago \u2013 before he left office \u2013 than they are now, she noted. \u201cAnd a lot of people answered that question: \u2018yes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The AFL-CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the US comprising of 60 national and international unions representing over 12.5 million members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Harris had an almost 17-point lead among union members, according to the AFL-CIO. But outside of labor unions, low-income voters disproportionately voted for Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe\u2019re meeting and discussing within our own ranks about how we can actually translate the messaging that we were able to galvanize our members around,\u201d said Shuler, \u201cwhich did resonate since we turned out at higher numbers than the general public for Harris\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The majority of US labor unions and the AFL-CIO endorsed Harris over Trump, and several labor unions and groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/27\/election-harris-unions-swing-states\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">engaged<\/a> in vast door knocking and get-out-the-vote efforts ahead of the election. A handful, including the Teamsters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/sep\/18\/election-teamsters-endorsement-harris-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">declined to endorse<\/a> a candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Over the past four years Biden has delivered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/build\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">massive investments<\/a> in infrastructure and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/articles\/trump-biden-chips-act-cash-nvidia-intel-1f8baf31\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">chip technology<\/a>, and a federal labor department that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ActSecJulieSu\/status\/1855411385221468553\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">supported<\/a> workers and policies backed by labor unions. Now the wider labor movement is bracing for Trump\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a sucker punch, but we pivot very quickly into the fight ahead,\u201d Shuler continued. \u201cThe labor movement is evergreen. It\u2019s endured through presidents, every four years, for over 100 years, and we\u2019ve been there, done that. We are an institution that will continue to exist and fight forward no matter who\u2019s in the Oval Office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The environment under Trump \u201cwon\u2019t be positive\u201d, she added. \u201cBut it doesn\u2019t mean that we don\u2019t continue to organize, and continue to fight back. It\u2019s what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Citing a recent meeting of the AFL-CIO\u2019s executive council of 60 labor union leaders, Shuler emphasized the importance of solidarity across the movement to ensure individual unions and worker groups aren\u2019t left fending off rollbacks and attacks on their own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">According to a September survey by Gallup, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/article\/new-gallup-poll-70-of-americans-approve-of-labor-unions\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">70% <\/a>of the American public approve of labor unions \u2013 nearly a 60-year high. This support appears even stronger among younger people, with <a href=\"https:\/\/aflcio.org\/press\/releases\/afl-cios-shuler-state-unions-strong-record-public-support-unprecedented-activism-and\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">88%<\/a>of Americans under the age of 30 viewing unions favorably<strong>, <\/strong>according to an AFL-CIO poll last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Shuler is bracing for a battle that is \u201cboth defensive and offensive\u201d during the second Trump presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cEvery single issue that we see coming out of this administration, where there\u2019s a rollback or a regulatory attack, we are going to be the fighting force that not only pushes back in terms of the fightback in Congress and the policy angles, but on the ground, because this is going to have to be a mobilization fighting force that is on sort of rapid response,\u201d she said. \u201cWhile we\u2019re on that defensive posture, we\u2019re also going to be on offense, in the sense that organizing and growth have been our number one priority. That is not going to stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cNo matter what happens in Washington DC, we\u2019re still going to have that power of collective action in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/16\/harris-campaign-working-class-union-economy\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris\u2019s presidential campaign failed to connect with low-income workers across the US because it resorted to \u201ctelling people versus listening\u201d, according to a senior union leader. 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