Grocery workers are working for us at considerable personal risk; we need to act now to protect them.
Unions
The lack of protections could create shortages of caregivers and undermine efforts to control the coronavirus.
Medicare for All would disrupt union contracts to turn health care from a bargaining chip into a right.
Even though union members aren’t endorsing a specific Democrat, they are eager to defeat Trump.
The union, which has not endorsed a candidate, has said it supports “choices” in health care.
The billionaire former mayor of New York has a long track record of hostility toward organized labor.
When health care is treated as a universal right, bosses cannot use it as a bargaining tool against workers.
The legislation would expand organizing rights to more workers and strengthen the right to strike.
Several of the candidates seek union endorsements while also seeking direct contributions from wealthy individuals.
Trump’s trade deal with China is good for people like Bill Gates and companies like Boeing, but not for the rest of us.