The Bipartisan War on Unions
Unions are one of the Democrats' most important and well organized constituencies. Today, a look at the labor landscape, and how the movement is playing into the primary.
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
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Show Notes
In the wake of an important Nevada union's decision not to endorse any candidate because of their concerns over the health care proposals across the board, a subset of Sanders voters reportedly took to social media to harass and harangue the union.
On today's show:
Jane McAlevey, labor and environmental organizer, post doctoral fellow in the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and the author of A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy, discusses how the candidates are courting organized labor, and how unions' political capital could play in the primary and general elections.