Posted on 08/30/2019 8:34:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Vice President Joe Biden has heavily courted union votes, but a powerful labor union in his campaign's home base of Philadelphia, crucial in a general election, is feeling snubbed.
Former Vice President Joe Biden plays up his Pennsylvania roots as much as anything and has heavily courted organized labor in his presidential campaign, but a key union in Biden's backyard is feeling neglected by the leading Democratic candidate.
At issue is a forum the AFL-CIO's Philadelphia branch is holding Sept. 17, which the union is branding a Workers' Presidential Summit. Seven candidates have agreed to attend so far, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, billionaire activist Tom Steyer and entrepreneur Andrew Yang. But Biden is not among them.
"He always calls himself a Pennsylvanian at heart. His headquarters are here in Philadelphia. But his folks haven't found the importance of coming together and talking to our workers. And so that's very disappointing," AFL-CIO Philadelphia Council President Pat Eiding told NPR. "There's got to be some respect for the working people, if they want their vote."
The 150,000-member union is a key political player in the most important Democratic region of what could be the most important swing state of the 2020 presidential campaign, where total union membership in 2018 was about 700,000, over 12% of the state's workforce.
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Trump continues to produce RESULTS. The RATS are doing NOTHING for the country. Maybe that is why....
Trump
Is more union than anyone
Period. End of sentence
I’m a contractor. This guy our great prez is a Huuuujge Contractor
He’s employed and paid waaaaaaaaaaaay more union carpenters iron workers etc than ALL other demoncats of the modern era
Roosevelt locked in that vote big time. For seven decades
It’s over. Unofficial- like
Unionism is socialism. I once belonged to a labor union. The International Laborers Union Of North America, AF of L CIO. No more.
Biden’s campaign is a “dead man walking” he just hasn’t fallen down yet.
His family moved from Pennsylvania when he was nine years old. He’s a lying BS artist of the highest degree and the fawning press goes along with his act without challenging his tall tales.
Check out this old New York Times article on Biden from 1987 before it is erased:
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