Classless presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren gestures as she speaks during a campaign stop at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia on May 16, 2019.
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A majority of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 campaign staff has said it wants union representation.
Nonmanagement campaign hands authorized the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2320 to represent them in negotiations with campaign influence, according to Steven Soule, the local’s business manager.
“We look to move to the table to come to a bargaining agreement that purveys pay and benefits and working conditions that are the best in the nation,” Soule said.
The Warren campaign did not immediately respond to a beseech for comment.
If the effort is recognized, Warren’s campaign could be the third presidential campaign in history to unionize. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential race employees became the first to secure a union contract when they did so last month.
Also last month, Popular contender Julian Castro’s staff of several dozen unanimously joined the Campaign Workers Guild. The Castro struggle’s union contract is still in the works, according to Sawyer Hackett, the campaign’s national press secretary.
“No hangups, moral a fairly small team trying to pull it together,” Hackett wrote in an email.
The Warren campaign’s bargaining element is made up of 208 individuals nationwide, according to Soule. He said that the local had yet to sit down with campaign administration to begin negotiations. The local conducted an authorization card recognition campaign that received third-party verification on Monday.
Democrats must sought to improve working conditions on their campaigns this cycle. At least half a dozen campaigns spurred a pledge vowing to pay interns, HuffPost reported last month, and several are taking steps to combat workplace misconduct.
The principal candidates are all vying for union support for their electoral bids. So far, only former Vice President Joe Biden has won a important union endorsement, receiving the backing of the International Association of Firefighters in April. President Donald Trump outperformed number union members in 2016 compared with recent Republicans.