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Harris Appeals to Unions in 2024 Blitz as Trump Makes Inroads
- Biden, who championed labor causes, no longer on ticket
- Teamsters weigh endorsement after leader spoke at GOP confab
Kamala Harris greets attendees during the Service Employees International Union convention in Philadelphia in May 2024.
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Kamala Harris made her first direct pitch to union workers as a 2024 presidential candidate, a bid to lock up a prized constituency among which she can ill-afford defections.
Harris said Thursday she would boost workers’ organizing rights, defend public education and protect entitlement programs in a speech to the American Federation of Teachers, one of the first unions to endorse her candidacy. The vice president is on a travel blitz to spread her message, rally voters and counteract a furious effort by Republican Donald Trump to define her.