Kamala Harris Should Brag About Her Labor Record

Harris’ only notable endorsement of organized labor (and the working class) was her selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz as her running mate. very good His labor record as governor, particularly passage of a small PRO Act last year, SF 3035It prohibits management from holding mandatory meetings during union campaigns; requires full-time employees to have at least six days of paid sick leave; and prohibits non-compete clauses in employment contracts. But Waltz even deleted the words “labor” and “union” from it. His conference speech.

Look, I get it. Harris and Waltz don’t want to scare off wealthy donors. Harris, a former California senator with deep ties to Silicon Valley, where unions are still largely anathema, and Katherine Allen of Politico Reported This weekend, in the ten days after Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, Harris raised $59 million from individuals, 20% of which came from California, including $242,000 from Google/Alphabet employees, $170,000 from Apple employees, and $81,000 from Facebook/Meta employees. During convention week, the Harris campaign raised $1.3 million. Another $82 milliona figure that includes donations to state and local Democratic parties (which often come from wealthy individuals). In total, Harris raised $500 million in a little over a month. Come to court; Jonathan Gray, president of private equity giant Blackstone Group, reportedly donated $413,000 to the Harris PAC.

But don’t forget what the money is for. It’s for votes, and, as I may have pointed out once or twice before, No Democrat can win the White House without a working-class majority, Looking back 100 years agoThere was one exception: Joe Biden in 2020. But that happened when his opponent was in an unusual situation. Clearly poor management A deadly pandemic (a fiasco, sadly, that of the voting public Seems to no longer remember) As I Further pointed outUnions are more popular today (support 67% to 68%) than at any time since the 1960s. Even wealthy suburban voters support A more left-wing economic agenda More than anything we’ve heard from Harris.