Tim Walz makes his pitch to working class voters at AFSCME Convention in LA (9-15-24)

As a longtime teachers union member, Walz vows to fight for organized labor nationwide


Vice Presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz speaks at the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

By Clara Harter | charter@scng.com
UPDATED: August 15, 2024 at 2:56 p.m.

https://www.dailybulletin.com/2024/08/13/tim-walz-makes-his-pitch-to-working-class-voters-at-afscme-convention-in-l-a/

On Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz addressed a crowd of more than 4,000 union workers in Downtown Los Angeles and made his case for why he and Vice President Kamala Harris are the true champions of the working class.

The 20-minute speech marked Walz’s first solo appearance after he was named Harris’ running mate last week, and it took place at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Convention, an annual gathering for the nation’s largest public sector union.

“Just to be clear, the vice president and I, we know exactly who built this country — It was nurses, it was teachers, and it was state and local government employees that built this nation,” Walz said at the AFSCME convention. “And it’s not just a saying, it’s a fact: when unions are strong, America is strong.”

Walz’s speech comes during a time when Democrats and Republicans are fiercely courting working class voters, who are expected to play an outsized role in the outcome of the November election. In all six key swing states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — the working class share of the electorate is larger than the national average.

FULL story at link above. I'm retired AFSCME

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