Source: The American Prospect
by Sharon Block & Benjamin Sachs
“One of the more surprising themes to emerge in this election cycle is the question (sometimes asked earnestly, other times in biting disbelief) of whether the Republican Party is becoming pro-union. A representative New York Times headline asks, ‘Can the G.O.P. Really Become the Party of Workers?’ answering that ‘A new generation of Republicans is learning to love labor.’ The Republican National Convention invited Teamsters President Sean O’Brien to speak at the first night, and he praised vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) for walking a United Auto Workers (UAW) picket line. Sen. Josh Hawley [R-MO] (he of the famed raised fist on January 6, 2021) also joined UAW picketers and went on to pen an opinion piece in Compact magazine in which he called for ‘bipartisan labor law reform.'” (10/16/24)
https://prospect.org/labor/2024-10-16-truth-about-parties-and-labor/