Labor unions are rallying behind Vice President Kamala Harris, a key constituency for President Joe Biden’s climate agenda. The unions hope that Harris will continue to support Biden’s policies of muscular labor advocacy and progressive economic policy. However, she also brings her own history with unions on the West Coast, where labor is more female, less white and lower-income. While Biden had strong ties with industrial and building trade unions, these unions see climate as an issue that impacts their workers’ health and safety. Despite this, some building trades and industrial unions have been slow to endorse Harris. The importance of which unions have Harris’ climate policy will depend on her ability to continue Biden’s pro-labor policies.
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