(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - From constant contact with its large ground game of Activists and Canvassers, the National AFL-CIO reports a huge groundswell and a large lead for Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris among Unionists and their families.

But Unionists will keep pounding the pavements, making the phone calls and distributing Union literature about kitchen-table issues, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said during a press conference held last week, discussing election prospects and issues that move voters.

That’s because, as Shuler said, Unionists and their families make up to a fifth of the electorate in the key Swing States of Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Said Shuler: “We have (MAGA/Republican nominee Donald) Trump at around (19%) and Harris at around (64%) in our field numbers, with the rest undecided, but we’re still talking to every member.  The road to the White House, the road to the Senate, the road to the House and the road to State Legislatures runs through Union Halls.”

Shuler explained “economic issues like overtime pay,” resonate with voters - Union and Non-Union alike - whom AFL-CIO Canvassers talk with on job sites, over the phone and door-to-door.

Canvassers are pushing contrasts between the two parties, stressing records in job creation, infrastructure, and, Shuler said, freedom.

For Working Women, she added, reproductive rights resonate, and it works against Trump, who nominated the three Supreme Court Justices whose votes were the core of the decision two years ago that demolished the national right to abortion and which threatens other reproductive care.

“Reproductive health is an economic issue” along with pay, paid leave and especially affordable child care, Shuler said. “And it shows the difference between these two candidates.  Choice is driving Women broadly to the polls.”

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