AFL-CIO Endorses Kamala Harris for President
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- AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed Kamala Harris for president in the 2024 election.
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- Harris has a proven record of supporting labor, infrastructure, and social policies.
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- Harris has taken on Wall Street, corporate greed, and expanded labor protections.
AFL-CIO Endorses Kamala Harris for 2024 Presidential Election
WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO, representing 60 unions and 12.5 million workers, has unanimously endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in the 2024 election.
“From day one, Vice President Kamala Harris has been a true partner in leading the most pro-labor administration in history,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. “She’s proven herself a principled and tenacious fighter for working people, and a visionary leader we can count on. From taking on Wall Street and corporate greed to leading efforts to expand affordable child care, she’s shown time and again that she’s on our side. With Kamala Harris in the White House, we’ll continue to build on the Biden-Harris administration’s legacy to create good union jobs and grow the labor movement.”
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- Played a critical role in rebuilding infrastructure, investing in good-paying union jobs, lowering prescription drug costs, and raising wages
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- Saved the pensions of over 1 million union workers and retirees
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- Led efforts to increase access to affordable child care and expand the child tax credit
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- Chaired the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, promoting new worker organizing and training
Other highlights of Harris' record include:
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- As a U.S. senator, she fought to expand labor protections and fair wages for agricultural and domestic workers and joined the picket line with UAW workers. She was a strong advocate for the PRO Act to reform labor laws.
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- As California’s attorney general, she took on corporate greed, held big banks accountable post-2008 financial crisis, and tackled wage theft and other corporate crimes.
“The AFL-CIO is proud of our early and steadfast support for the Biden-Harris administration, and now we’ll ramp up our efforts to elect Kamala Harris as president,” Shuler continued. “Together, we will defeat anti-worker agendas in November.”
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