As the Nov. 5 presidential election nears, Democrats are counting on union workers to deliver voters, particularly in the swing states of Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where unions have remained an influential bloc, even as their strength has declined over the decades.
Many labor union leaders say they’re working as hard as they ever have to oppose Trump and elect Vice President Kamala Harris. The AFL-CIO, a federation of 60 unions that range from Major League Baseball players to firefighters to workers in the food industry, has endorsed Harris.
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