The IATSE General Executive Board voted unanimously to extend its endorsement to Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States on Monday, following President Joe Biden’s decision not to seek reelection and his subsequent full support and endorsement of VP Harris’ candidacy. The Biden-Harris White House has been the most pro-union administration in history and Vice President Kamala Harris has played a pivotal role in delivering landmark policies and legislation to benefit IATSE workers.
In her capacity as Vice President, Harris cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate to pass the American Rescue Plan Act, providing IATSE members the pandemic relief they needed to pay the bills stay safe until a return to work was possible. As chair of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, Vice President Harris engaged IATSE to provide input on executive actions that will increase worker organizing and empowerment in our industries. She then joined President Biden in inviting a young IATSE organizer to the White House to lift up our organizing successes in animation.
“President Biden’s legacy as the most effective champion for America’s workers to ever occupy the White House is indisputable,” said IATSE International President Matthew D. Loeb. “His unrelenting support of IATSE workers and the labor movement cannot be overstated. I’m proud to convey the immense gratitude of the IATSE membership for his lifetime of public service and unparalleled leadership. We honor his decision not to run for reelection and are committed to doing whatever it takes to elect Vice President Kamala Harris this November. We are united in our mission to deny Donald Trump, who crossed an IATSE picket line in 2004, another four years of assaulting workers’ rights, undermining unions, and jeopardizing our democracy.”
The Biden-Harris administration has actively sought to include the voices of IATSE behind-the-scenes entertainment workers in decisions that impact our industries and workplaces.
IATSE has had a seat at the table and unprecedented opportunities to weigh-in on policy decisions that impact our members. We have every confidence that will continue under Vice President Kamala Harris’ leadership.
Powered by the strength of the IATSE membership, we will put the full weight of our Alliance behind Kamala Harris for President and build on the progress we’ve made the last 4 years.
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