WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is weighing a 2020 presidential bid, will find a friendly audience on Tuesday when he addresses a meeting of the International Association of Firefighters in Washington.
An early endorsement from the union would give Biden extra momentum in a crowded field of more than a dozen Democrats jockeying for the party’s presidential nomination. It could also be an exception this election cycle. Unions are a force in Democratic politics and endorsements can be a powerful force in primaries and general elections, marshalling the support of millions of union members across the country.
“You either chase a race or shape a race,” Weingarten said. “We want the candidates to not only hear the aspirations and the values and the needs of our members, we want the candidates to engage with us, not just tell us what they think, but answer the questions of our members.” The AFT was the first national union to endorse Hillary Clinton in June 2015, early in her Democratic primary contest against Senator Bernie Sanders. AFSCME endorsed her in mid-October of that year, and SEIU endorsed Clinton the next month.
'I do not buy the concept, popular in the '60s, which said, 'We have suppressed the black man for 300 years and the white man is now far ahead in the race for everything our society offers. Joe Biden
The largest service workers union has 1.9 million members. There are over 100 million service workers in the US.
All those white working class union members? Didn't they vote Trump baby in 2016. Why will they vote now Democrat & Biden? Union membership doesn't mean they vote Democrat especially Democrats identified with minorities & Obama?
Run Joe Run
Ok, just yesterday I was hearing about the DEMISE of labor union power in the wake of US economic resurgence🤔
Break the unions. They are the reason cars are overpriced.
Go home, man...
Ho-hum...
BIDEN 2020!!!
YES!! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾 Solidarity
They tried to unionize in Nidavellir. They came up short. DwarfHumor
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