I don\u2019t think the Station matter is a partisan issue,\u201d Garcia said. He explained that the Station issues before the National Labor Relations Board — whose members are appointed by Trump — are \u201cfairly straightforward.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Garcia added it was expected there would be \u201ca lot of interest in the Democratic [presidential] field among labor unions here in Nevada and throughout the country.\u201d The Culinary Union has yet to endorse a candidate for president.<\/p>\n
In the past, it endorsed Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in their prior bids for president.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnions have been an important part of Democratic support for decades,\u201d Dan Lee, a UNLV assistant professor of political science, further told Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cWe tend to think of corporations as favoring Republicans, and unions as favoring Democrats,\u201d Lee explained. \u201cThat has been somewhat of an issue, highlighted by the 2016 elections. Union membership is down, and along with that, unions have fewer resources — votes and money — to support Democratic candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump Captured Many Worker Votes in 2016<\/h2>\n
He points out that Trump did \u201cespecially well with white, working class voters\u201d in his 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoving forward, the Democratic party will want to solidify their support from working class voters, broadly speaking, union and non-union. But what is especially beneficial of union support is the campaigning support they can provide,\u201d Lee added.<\/p>\n
For instance, in Nevada, the Culinary Workers Union is very active in mobilizing voters,\u201d Lee said. \u201cWe saw this effect in the 2018 midterm elections, which had especially high voter turnout. The unions have always been an important part of the Harry Reid [former US Senator from Nevada] party machine, which has supported Democratic candidates by getting voters to the polls.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
One area where many Democratic politicians appear to agree with the Culinary Union is on strengthening unions and collective bargaining rights, according to Lee. \u201cAs an example, we just saw this in Nevada state politics, where this year a bill was passed by the Democratic-controlled state legislature and signed into law by the Democratic governor that gave state workers collective bargaining rights,\u201d Lee added.<\/p>\n
Still, even though Democratic candidates consistently try to align with unions, Lee points to the \u201ctricky issue\u201d of trade policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cDemocrats have been more open to freer trade policies, especially since NAFTA [the\u00a0 North American Free Trade Agreement], while Trump adopted a protectionist position,\u201d he added. \u201cThat contributed to Trump’s inroads among working class voters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Democratic presidential candidates have been visiting Nevada during the campaign season. Part of their interest may relate to the fact the state\u2019s Democratic presidential caucuses are on Feb. 22, 2020, among the earliest caucuses or primaries in the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nevada\u2019s Culinary Workers Union will begin a series of town hall meetings spotlighting presidential candidates, starting with US Sen. Kamala Harris on Friday. The California Democrat is the first of the field of Democrats who are expected to take part in the forums scheduled by the Las Vegas affiliate of the national Unite Here union. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":119004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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