Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign will be the first major presidential campaign to have a unionized workforce, as party activists push Democratic candidates to mirror their progressive platforms within their own campaigns
Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign announced Friday it will be the first major presidential campaign to have a unionized workforce, as party activists push Democratic candidates to mirror their progressive platforms within their own campaigns.
“Bernie Sanders is the most pro-union candidate in the field, he’ll be the most pro-union president in the White House and we’re honored that his campaign will be the first to have a unionized workforce,” Sanders' campaign manager Faiz Shakir said in a statement.Over the past week, a majority of the staff's bargaining unit employees designated United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 to represent them.
UFCW Local 400 President Mark P. Federici said in a statement he expects the decision will mean pay parity and transparency for Sanders' campaign along 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." Federici added that the union will represent all employees below the rank of deputy director and negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement will "begin as soon as possible."By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.to pay all campaign workers at least $15 an hour and support his staff if they decided to organize.
In a statement, the Campaign Workers Guild said: "While the Campaign Workers Guild has concerns and questions about the unionization process engaged in by Bernie 2020 management, their recent announcement shows that we have succeeded in changing the status quo. On even the largest campaigns, campaign workers at all workplaces will have unions and will band together for their collective empowerment.
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