The move, believed to be the first for a presidential campaign, comes as those vying for the Democratic nomination seek support among working-class voters.
By Sean Sullivan and Sean Sullivan Reporter covering national politics Email Bio Follow David Weigel David Weigel National reporter covering politics Email Bio Follow March 15 at 6:33 PM Employees on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign are joining a labor union, officials announced Friday, a historic move that comes amid a Democratic primary featuring intense competition for working-class voters.
“We expect this will mean pay parity and transparency on the campaign, with no gender bias or harassment, and equal treatment for every worker, whether they’re in Washington, D.C., Iowa, New Hampshire or anywhere else,” UFCW Local 400 President Mark Federici said in a statement. Political campaigns, built to last just months or couple of years, have rarely featured organized labor forces. In 2017, staffers for Wisconsin Democratic congressional candidate Randy Bryce organized with the Campaign Workers Guild. Bryce called it the first campaign to unionize “in the history of politics.”“If there was any kind of sexual harassment going on, we had a third party for them to talk to,” he said. “We had a grievance procedure. We made sure people had money for health care.
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