{"id":2321451,"date":"2024-08-08T18:51:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T22:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-makes-union-pitch-at-uaw-in-michigan-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T18:53:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T22:53:52","slug":"harris-makes-union-pitch-at-uaw-in-michigan-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-makes-union-pitch-at-uaw-in-michigan-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris makes union pitch at UAW in Michigan &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fharris-makes-union-pitch-at-uaw-in-michigan-washington-examiner%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=2321451&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 a recent speech at the United Auto Workers (UAW) headquarters in\u200b Michigan, Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized her commitment \u200cto \u2064labor unions and collective bargaining. She declared it &#8220;good to be in the house of labor&#8221; and asserted that unions are vital for ensuring fairness in negotiations between individuals and large corporations. Harris articulated\u2063 the importance of collective action, stating that no individual should \u2064have \u200cto face a big\u200d company alone. UAW President Shawn\u200b Fain introduced her, highlighting that Harris\u2064 and her\u200b running mate, Governor \u200cTim Walz, are &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-taste-of-the-future-global-elites-at-world-economic-forum-promote-fake-meat-produced-from-a-3d-printer-video\/\" title=\"\u201cA Taste of the Future\u201d \u2013 Global Elites at World Economic Forum Promote Fake \u2018Meat\u2019 Produced From a 3D Printer (VIDEO)\">working class people<\/a>.&#8221; Walz called on union members to mobilize for Harris&#8217;s election, contrasting her support \u2063for the middle class with that of Republican \u200bnominee \u2063Donald\u2062 Trump. The speech comes\u2062 as labor unions shift their endorsements from President\u2063 Biden to\u2062 Harris in \u2062the lead-up to the elections.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris makes union pitch at UAW in Michigan: &lsquo;Good to be in the house of labor&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1725538\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> sharpened her pitch to labor unions in a Thursday speech at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/uaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"United Auto Workers\">United Auto Workers<\/a> headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good to be in the house of labor!&rdquo; Harris said before a backdrop of the UAW logo superimposed on a cinderblock wall.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, with Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Democratic vice presidential nominee, left, speaks at a campaign rally at UAW Local 900, Thursday, August 8, 2024, in Wayne, Michigan. (AP Photo\/Julia Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unions are traditionally strong financial and organizing backers of Democrats, and most labor groups have switched from endorsing President Joe Biden in this year&rsquo;s election to supporting Harris. While Biden often called himself the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-board-dismisses-union-misconduct-complaints-following-biden-purge\/\" title=\"Labor Board Dismisses Union Misconduct Complaints Following Biden Purge\">pro-union president<\/a> in history, Harris laid out her own labor bonafides Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s about the collective. It&rsquo;s about understanding no one should ever be made to fight alone,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve fought my entire career for unions and labor because I understand the noble concept behind collective bargaining.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That concept, she continued, is fairness. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you&rsquo;re talking about the individual and a big company, and you require that one individual to negotiate against the big company, how is that outcome going to be fair?&rdquo; she asked rhetorically. &ldquo;So collective bargaining is about saying, &lsquo;let the collective come together around a common experience.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>UAW president Shawn Fain introduced Harris, describing the candidate and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), as &ldquo;working class people&rdquo; and thus &ldquo;one of us.&rdquo; Walz, in his remarks, said the UAW headquarters is holy ground for unions and implored union members to work hard over the next 89 days to get Harris elected. He warned that GOP presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, doesn&rsquo;t like the middle class.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a>, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), have been trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3114621\/harris-trump-campaigns-high-gear-walz-vp-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>create a problem<\/a> of the fact that Harris has not done a major interview or press conference since Biden dropped out on July 20. Trump finished an hourlong press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate shortly before Harris took the stage in Michigan. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3115086\/donald-trump-agrees-three-debates-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"taunting\">taunted<\/a> that she wouldn&rsquo;t be able to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Harris did not take questions from media members in the room but, like Walz, implored her supporters to work hard for the next 89 days to elect her.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The thing that we love about hard work is we have fun doing hard work because we know what we stand for,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s a big part of this campaign. When you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. We know what we stand for &mdash; we stand for the people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Harris&rsquo;s campaign has yet to release detailed policy proposals laying out her plans for a full term in the White House. She laid out what drives her campaign, but only in broad generalities. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We stand for the dignity of work,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;And we stand for freedom. We stand for justice. We stand for equality. And so we will fight for all of it.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1725538\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1725538\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a strong message to labor unions during her speech at the United Auto Workers (UAW) headquarters on Thursday, expressing her enthusiasm by stating, &#8220;It\u2019s good to be in the house of labor!&#8221; Standing in front of a wall featuring the UAW logo, she emphasized her commitment to unions and collective bargaining. Harris noted that while President Joe Biden has often referred to himself as the most pro-union president ever, she also has a long history of advocating for labor rights. She highlighted the importance of collective action, arguing that fairness is unattainable when individuals must negotiate against large corporations alone.<\/p>\n<p>UAW President Shawn Fain introduced Harris and characterized both her and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, as representatives of working-class values. Walz called UAW headquarters sacred ground for unions and urged members to mobilize over the next 89 days to support Harris&#8217;s campaign. He cautioned that Republican nominee Donald Trump does not support middle-class interests.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had recently held a press conference where he criticized Harris for not engaging with media since Biden&#8217;s withdrawal from the race on July 20. Although Harris did not take questions from reporters at this event, she echoed Walz&#8217;s call for hard work in campaigning over the coming months. She stated that knowing what one stands for is crucial in fighting for those beliefs: &#8220;We stand for dignity of work&#8230; freedom&#8230; justice&#8230; equality.&#8221; However, specific policy proposals outlining her plans if elected have yet to be released; instead, she spoke broadly about her campaign&#8217;s principles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2321452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala-Harris-UAW.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4021,4601,25982,4701],"class_list":["post-2321451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-harris","tag-michigan","tag-uaw","tag-union"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala-Harris-UAW.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321451","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\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}