{"id":2210437,"date":"2024-04-01T09:14:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T13:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-union-members-are-badgering-biden-on-one-issue-ahead-of-swing-state-primary-contest\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T09:14:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T13:14:42","slug":"wisconsin-union-members-are-badgering-biden-on-one-issue-ahead-of-swing-state-primary-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-union-members-are-badgering-biden-on-one-issue-ahead-of-swing-state-primary-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Union members in Wisconsin are pressuring Biden on a key issue before the primary in this swing state"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-union-members-are-badgering-biden-on-one-issue-ahead-of-swing-state-primary-contest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210437&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Wisconsin, President Joe Biden faces\u200b a \u200bchallenge from unexpected allies:\u2063 union members supporting the \u2064Listen to Wisconsin campaign. Inspired\u200c by Michigan,\u200d Wisconsin urges &#8220;uninstructed&#8221; votes to express anti-war sentiments. Unionists\u200d stand in solidarity against U.S. support for the Gaza conflict. \u2064Immigrant and low-wage workers back\u2062 this\u200b movement, influenced by dissatisfaction \u200cwith Biden&#8217;s \u200dpolicies on \u200cborders and\u2063 other \u2063issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> is facing a familiar challenge in <a href=\"http:\/\/Washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> from an unlikely group.<\/p>\n<p>The Listen to Wisconsin campaign earned the support of some union members, a key demographic in the Badger State for both Biden and former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>.\u00a0Wisconsin is taking a page out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2872128\/michigan-arab-uncommitted-protest-vote-warning-sign-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan\u2019s<\/a> book ahead of the state\u2019s April 2 primary, telling Democrats to vote \u201cuninstructed\u201d over voting for Biden to send a message about their anti-war sentiments. In 2020, Biden won Wisconsin by a narrow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2020\/results\/state\/wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>margin<\/a> of 20,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs trade unionists, we feel like it is our obligation to stand in solidarity with them and to pressure our electeds and our unions to do more and to do better to stop the U.S. support for the genocide in Gaza,\u201d Jacob Flom, who sits on the board of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/apr\/01\/wisconsin-union-biden-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Guardian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At a Biden campaign event last week in Madison, union members handed out leaflets urging voters to vote \u201cuninstructed\u201d on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten changes in wording \u2014 now [the Biden administration is] willing to say \u2018ceasefire,\u2019\u201d said Barret Elward, a member of the union representing faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin. \u201cBut I mean, it\u2019s just pablum, it\u2019s just messaging, it\u2019s just a PR thing. Nothing has changed on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cuninstructed\u201d campaign has found support in a crucial demographic Biden is trying to win over in states such as Wisconsin and Michigan: immigrant and low-wage workers. Biden is trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2024\/02\/05\/lawmakers-see-blue-collar-voters-as-key-in-biden-trump-rematch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>capture<\/a> a base of voters without a college degree, a base Republicans have been improving with in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/5\/10\/22425178\/catalist-report-2020-election-biden-trump-demographics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>recent years<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Some Latino voters in Wisconsin are using the \u201cuninstructed\u201d vote to show their distaste for what they see as Biden moving to the right on border policies, such as limiting the number of asylum-seekers coming into the country per day. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to win those Trump supporters, but you are definitely eroding and alienating your own base,\u201d Christine Neumann-Ortiz, the executive director of Voces de la Frontera, a Latino voting network that is supporting the uninstructed movement. She said she would like to see Biden campaign on protections for immigrants. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so important that in the months ahead that he respond to the demands that are being made on Gaza and for Latinos and immigrants, who he needs to reaffirm his commitment to,\u201d Neumann-Ortiz said.<\/p>\n<p>The Listen to Wisconsin campaign has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/240325uninstructed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>received<\/a> the support of 20 elected officials in the state. <\/p>\n<p>The shift in union sentiment in this primary is a blow to the Biden campaign because Biden has marketed himself as \u201cthe most pro-union president in history.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In December, the United Auto Workers union called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/dec\/01\/uaw-ceasefire-gaza#:~:text=The%20United%20Auto%20Workers%2C%20one,have%20called%20for%20a%20ceasefire.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>largest<\/a> union to do so, with about 400,000 members. Biden stood behind UAW members as workers for the three big automakers, Ford, Stellantis, and General Motors, found big gains with new contracts. A month later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-auto-workers-endorsement-trump-election-ef4b26cd00fc67c4915f22e54b885866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>union<\/a> endorsed him for president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said, I promised to be the most pro-union president in history,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/aflcio.org\/statements\/icymi-president-biden-im-most-pro-union-president-american-history-and-i-make-no#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAs%20I%20said%2C%20I%20promised,the%20best%20in%20the%20world.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cAnd I tell business leaders all the time: Our union workers are the best in the world.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is encountering a notable challenge in Wisconsin from an unexpected source. The Listen to Wisconsin initiative has gained backing from certain union members, a pivotal group in the Badger State for both Biden and former President Donald Trump. Wisconsin is drawing inspiration from Michigan as it approaches the upcoming April 2 contest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2210438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/biden-milwaukee-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/biden-milwaukee-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2210438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}