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US union members door-knock in swing states for Harris: ‘It’s a no-brainer for us’

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76% Informative

Unite Here, the hospitality and food service workers union, is running the largest independent labor-led field program in the US in the 2024 election.

The union claims it mobilized over 440,000 infrequent voters to vote for Biden in Nevada , Arizona and Pennsylvania , including 125,000 voters who had not voted in 2016 .

The UAW union has been running a door-knocking campaign in support of Kamala Harris .

The union noted that support for her increased to 29% among members who had been contacted by the union about the election.

Harris has strongly backed labor unions and is backed by a majority of labor unions.

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https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/09/18/teamsters-wont-endorse-either-candidate-in-presidential-race/https://www.crfb.org/blogs/kamala-harris-plan-exempt-tips-taxes-and-raise-minimum-wagehttps://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/partisanship-by-family-income-home-ownership-union-membership-and-veteran-status/#union-members-remain-more-democratic-than-republicanhttps://teamster.org/2024/09/teamsters-no-endorsement-for-u-s-president/https://unitehere.org/press-releases/the-democrats-secret-weapon-to-help-win-the-senate-unite-heres-1000-union-canvassers/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-guardian-live-world-news/id409128287?mt=8https://unitehere.org/campaign/unite-here-electoral-politics/our-track-record-of-electoral-victories/https://unitehere.org/press-releases/20053/https://x.com/UAW/status/1849082548846018561https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/donald-trump-autoworkers-uaw/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/18/harris-trump-michigan-union-workers/https://unitehere.org/press-releases/unite-here-union-that-knocked-on-doors-of-3-million-voters-including-575000-in-philadelphia-celebrates-victory-for-biden-harris/https://www.unitehere11.org/strike-alert-hundreds-of-food-and-beverage-workers-at-sky-harbor-airport-walk-out-over-contract-dispute/https://www.nea.org/about-nea/media-center/press-releases/largest-public-sector-labor-unions-unite-get-out-vote-battleground-states

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