“Even conservative union members - that’s a hard vote for them to make.
But even in more conservative unions, Morgan added, he doesn’t think Oz has strong appeal. There are some differences of political opinion, but not as much as in some unions. Its members skew fairly liberal, he added - they mostly live in cities and are pretty racially and ethnically diverse. Its focus, Morgan said, is on “turning what had been poverty wage jobs into good jobs by organizing workers into a union.” He’s been a strong advocate of workers having the right to organize and supporting workers and have organized.”ģ2BJ represents a mix of public and private sector workers, including Philadelphia teachers, airport workers, cleaners, security officers, and building engineers. “Fetterman has always been a really strong advocate of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. “For us, it was one of the easiest endorsements we’ve ever had to make,” said Gabe Morgan, who serves as executive vice president of Pennsylvania’s SEIU 32BJ. The building trades, for instance, sometimes work in the oil and gas industries and balance their desire for pro-union policy with a desire to maintain lots of fossil fuel jobs.īut in general, most of the labor support has gone to Fetterman. Though generally aligned with Democrats, some sectors are politically mixed. Not all unions or union members have the same politics. His one notable mention of organized labor came when he told a Newsmax host that teachers’ unions had too powerful a role setting COVID-19 policy.
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Oz hasn’t said much publicly about the minimum wage or the PRO Act, either. Oz also alludes to a possible desire for less government involvement in the medical industry on his campaign site, writing that “we need to expand the role of religious institutions, non-profits, and community groups in providing support for stronger families and neighborhoods.” That, he concluded, is “how we combat our underlying emotional sickness that leads to opioid addiction and isolation.” It does say that he supports small businesses and opposes “government regulations that stifle growth,” that he will work to overturn “heavy-handed regulations” on fossil fuel industries “that are hurting Pennsylvania jobs and our local communities” and that he wants to “confront” China.” Fetterman’s campaign noted that Oz has had his own business relationships with China, including manufacturing branded products there. Oz’s campaign didn’t respond to a request for comment on this story, and his website says nothing specific about organized labor, workers’ rights or the minimum wage. Fetterman, his campaign wrote in an email, “would immediately co-sponsor the PRO Act as currently written,” but added that he thinks more should be done, including passing “legislation and sign executive orders that put more power directly into the hands of workers, protect their rights, and dramatically expand union membership across this country.”įetterman also supports a federal minimum wage increase to $15 an hour, wants “smart trade deals that are fair to American workers and guarantee jobs are not outsourced to countries with cheap labor and poor safety standards,” and favors punishing American corporations that try to outsource jobs. The measure passed the House and stalled in the Senate. It would also place tougher safeguards against employers influencing union elections, allow arbitration for new unions seeking a first contract, and bar employers from using workers’ immigration statuses against them while deciding employment terms. It would let unions override a slew of state “right-to-work” laws, which allow workers in unionized workplaces to opt out of paying union dues. Senate is the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, a package of reforms designed to make collective bargaining easier. One of the key parts of labor policy currently before the U.S. What Fetterman has said about labor issues
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