Jimmy Williams Jr
The Democratic Party could not speak directly to our members about the issues that were front and center. We heard consistently that immigration and inflation were killing our members. Now, when we spoke to our members, we could move them. When we could spend the time to educate our members about the realities of how corporate America is benefiting from both immigration and inflation, they were movable.
Union members voted at the highest percentage for Kamala Harris when you look at the broad tent that makes up the Democratic Party. That’s a message to the Democratic Party. But they weren’t speaking directly to our members, we were. The problem is that we don’t have enough union density in this country to be able to impact enough of the electorate.
The truth is, when union leaders can educate their members directly, when they’re engaged one on one with their members, we can have a much better conversation. But the Democratic Party is not speaking to those issues. When you think about immigration, we should blame the economic system that just feeds off of cheap labor and exploits workers — that has never been said by a Democratic candidate in my lifetime for any office. Our members need to hear that. They need to know that the Democratic Party understands the economic pain. Instead, they’ve blamed immigrants.
Auteur: Jimmy Williams Jr
