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Kamala Harris

as Vice President

  • Spearheaded White House efforts on union organizing and union rights.

  • Advocated for the Davis Bacon update to raise prevailing wages. 

  • Helped save union pensions.

  • Championed infrastructure investment.

  • Made union apprenticeship the gold standard for federal investments.

  • Led on affordable housing and affordable childcare initiatives.

  • Cast a tie-breaking Senate vote on the the Inflation Reduction Act, which incentivized the creation of union jobs building renewable energy.

Vision for the Future

  • Kamala's top economic priority as President will be lowering costs, and building up the middle-class. 

  • She will continue to implement the historic infrastructure investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

  • Kamala will fully implement high labor standards and incentives for good jobs, including the project labor agreement mandate, in federal infrastructure investment.

  • She is calling for the construction of 3 million new housing units to end the housing supply shortage.

  • She will cut taxes for middle-class families, including providing up to $6,000 per child in tax credits.

Donald Trump

as President

  • Hired union busters to lead the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and OSHA. 

  • Proposed rolling back standards for overtime, wages, and safety.

  • Proposed expansion of "IRAPs," company-run apprenticeships, which undermine union registered apprenticeship programs.

  • Failed to help union pensions.

  • Failed to work with Congress to pass infrastructure investment.

  • Threatened to remove healthcare coverage for millions through the Affordable Care Act.

  • Proposed cuts to federal affordable housing. 

Plans for a 2nd term

  • Trump's economic plan calls for an increase in tariffs which is estimated to cost middle-class families $1,700 per yearcost the US economy 675,000 jobs, worsen inflation and shrink gross domestic product by 0.6 percentage points.

  • He promises to give billionaires a tax handout of $3.5 million apiece each year and give big corporations a $1.5 trillion windfall.

  • Trump has pledged to undo some of Biden-Harris' jobs-creating infrastructure investments and labor standards. 

  • He would reinstate his anti-union policies and appoint union busters to key positions.