Union households could play a key role in either candidate securing the battlegrounds states of Michigan and Pennsylvania this fall.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign ramped up its plea for union voters’ support in critical swing states on Monday as the 2024 election heads into its homestretch.
Both Harris and former President Donald Trump have claimed to be on the side of working Americans while vying for the White House, a reflection of the important role union voters could play in securing states like Pennsylvania and Michigan, which have some of the highest union densities in the country, according to the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
In a post to his Truth Social account Monday, Trump wished a happy Labor Day “to all of our American Workers who represent the Shining Example of Hard Work and Ingenuity” and blamed Harris for “High Gas Prices, Transportation Costs are up, and Grocery Prices are through the roof.”
Harris, meanwhile, spent the holiday on the campaign trail with labor leaders in Detroit and Pittsburgh, while her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, attended the Milwaukee Area Labor Council’s “Laborfest” in Wisconsin.
“Everywhere I go I tell people, ‘Look, you may not be a union member. You better thank a union member'”, Harris said to supporters gathered at Northwestern High School in Detroit. “For the five-day work week, you better thank a union member. For sick leave, you better thank a union. For paid leave, you better thank a union for vacation time.
