Major Unions Quickly Endorse Kamala Harris To Replace Biden
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Some of the largest labor groups immediately threw their backing behind the vice president after Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race.
Several of the most powerful labor unions threw their backing behind Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination within a day of President Joe Biden dropping out of the race.
Their fast endorsements reflect the urgency within much of organized labor to rally around a single candidate to take on former President Donald Trump — and avoid a messy nomination process with less than four months to go until the presidential election.
The American Federation of Teachers said its executive board endorsed Harris for president on Sunday, while the Service Employees International Union announced that it was “all in” on Harris’ candidacy.
Then on Monday, the United Food and Commercial Workers, the Communications Workers of America and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees all said their boards had endorsed Harris as well.
Together, those five unions represent several million workers, and they had all backed Biden — whom many in labor consider the most pro-union president ever — before his withdrawal from he race Sunday afternoon.