By next month’s issue of INK, we will hopefully know what the next administration will look like, for both the White House and the Senate. If Joe Biden takes the White House and the Senate flips, huge changes will be on the way for labor law. If you’ve been following the news and reviewing Biden’s labor plan, you know that he is reaching even beyond the ProACT to benefit Big Labor. If the tide shifts in this fashion, as soon as the vote tally is certified, be on the lookout for opportunities to hear from us on what this will mean for employers.
Big Labor has upped their game, especially in key states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Minnesota, where Steve Rosenthal, a retired ALF-CIO political director, has focused on targeting retired or ex-union members. This Union2020 effort claims to have moved the target audience from a polling margin of 59/24 (Biden over Trump) to 73/21 from last December to mid-September, using mail, email and social media efforts. These last few weeks will have included additional contact via phone.
Meanwhile, the SEIU has run a scam in New Hampshire, texting many Granite Staters that they would receive absentee ballots, and informing them how to complete and submit them. State Attorney General Gordon MacDonald claims the outreach has caused confusion among these voters, as many of them never requested absentee ballots or had already submitted them, or were planning to vote in person.
