Eight years ago, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Enthusiastic support from major labor party leadersHowever, in the end, union household votes nationwide fell to a historically low level. 8 percentage pointsfar less than half that of President Barack Obama. 2008 and 2012 We are winning the difference with this group of voters.
If Ms. Clinton had done as well with rank-and-file union members as many previous Democratic candidates have, she certainly would have won the presidency.
That’s why, September survey The percentage of rank-and-file Teamster members, conducted for the Teamster hierarchy by polling firm Lake Research Partners, should be deeply concerned about Harris and Walz’s tickets. (Related: Bruce Blakeman: Trump’s momentum is growing — look at the polls)
According to the poll, Harris Walz lost the popular Teamster vote to Trump Vance 58% to 31%. Of course, the overwhelmingly blue-collar Teamster members much more likely to support Donald Trump For example, than unionized K-12 school and university employees. However, this poll fox news poll Both surveys, conducted around the same time, show that a Harris-Waltz race is likely to be even worse for union households of all types than the Clinton-Kayne race in 2016. CNN’s senior data reporter Harry Enten reported a similar deficit just a few days ago.
There is a real possibility that a majority of voting union households will condemn the major Labor bosses and vote against Harris-Waltz.
The undeniably anemic union rank-and-file support for Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz is a serious problem for their campaigns, veteran Big Labor journalist partisans acknowledge. are. stephen greenhouse and Tim Noah.
Greenhouse and Noah strongly urge current federal policies that allow millions of U.S. private sector employees to be fired if they end the duplicity of dues and fees to unions that exercise exclusive bargaining power over the terms and conditions of their employment. I support it. and they are be against Right-to-work laws currently exist in 26 states, protecting employees in those states from being fired for refusing to fund unions they don’t want.
Plus, Greenhouse and Noah believe in their union members. should support harris and waltz In particular, they are a top federal legislative goal for union leaders. The so-called “PRO” Act. The Omnibus Act would expand Labor’s powers over individual workers in many ways, but its most important provision is that it would effectively repeal all current state right-to-work laws and It prohibits all states from protecting the labor rights of private sector employees.
If a majority or close to a majority of union members do not support Harris-Waltz, it must be because they do not know that the Democratic ticket supports Harris-Waltz. “PRO” lawclaim Greenhouse and Noah. Especially since President Trump has recently indicated that he would be open to being returned to the White House. Toward signing the bill This protects the freedom of individual employees not to fund national unions!
A scary possibility that Greenhouse and Noah don’t want to consider is that most rank-and-file union members actually share President Trump’s views. “love” Calls for protection of right to work and opposes ‘overturning’ Harris’ plan Right-to-work laws and constitutional provisions in all states. Unfortunately for Greenhouse and Noah, that happened to be true.
In late August of this year, as Labor Day weekend approached, the National Right to Work Commission announced the results New national poll of registered voters on a key campaign issue: forced unionism.
Polling firm RMG Research (often referred to as Rasmussen) surveyed a random sample of 1,000 registered voters and found that workers “should never be forced to join a union or pay union dues as a condition of employment.” Respondents were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with the statement “No.” “a 82% lopsided majority of registered voters agree with this statement.
The poll shows that opinions between unionized and non-unionized employees are largely unclear on right-to-work issues. According to RMG Research, 79% of active registered voters who currently belong to a union expressed opposition to forced unionism. Among employees who are not currently part of a union, 84% oppose forced unionization.
The reality is that raising employee awareness of the fact that Harris is trying to destroy the right to work, while Trump supports it, is doing more harm than good to her presidential bid. will have an effect. That’s why, Multi-billion dollar union campaigning and lobbying machine The government is doing everything it can to divert the attention of employees and other voters from issues of workplace freedom this fall.
Mark Mix is the Chair of the National Right to Work Commission.
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