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Democratic 2020 candidates threaten to skip debate because of labor dispute
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 13, 2019 09:17pm |
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| Author | John Whitesides |
| News Date | Friday, December 13, 2019 10:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The seven Democratic candidates who have qualified for next week’s presidential debate in California threatened to skip it on Friday, saying they will not cross a picket line of union workers embroiled in a labor dispute.
Unite Here Local 11, a union representing food workers at debate host Loyola Marymount University, have promised to picket the site ahead of next Thursday’s debate as they continue negotiations on a contract with Sodexo, the company that employs them.
After the union informed the candidates of the planned picket line on Friday, all of the debate participants quickly issued statements of support.
“I won’t be crossing a picket line,” former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted. “We’ve got to stand together with @UNITEHERE11 for affordable health care and wages.”
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, billionaire activist Tom Steyer and entrepreneur Andrew Yang also promised they would not cross the picket line. |
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