WASHINGTON — With the US election days away, Vice-President Kamala Harris is struggling to secure the support of male volunteers in some labour unions whose phone calls and house visits are needed to get Democratic supporters out to vote, senior labour officials said.
If elected, Kamala Harris would make US history as the first female and second black president, and sexism and racism have been seen as a hurdle to her winning.
Liz Shuler, president of AFL-CIO, a democratic federation of 60 national and international unions that represent 12.5 million working people, said enthusiasm for Harris is strong overall but sexism is likely undermining support for her in some unions. Larger service unions, where membership is more diverse, have witnessed a growing gender gap, where a drop in male support has been offset by a surge in support from women, labour officials say.
"The men are the toughest doors," said one of six door knockers interviewed. "They want to argue and there's no agreement on the facts." Most major unions have endorsed Harris, including the United Auto Workers union, but it is a mixed picture at the rank-and-file level across industries and different parts of the country.Support for Harris remains strong in Racine, Wisconsin, said Richard Glowacki, chairman of the UAW Local 180, which represents workers at a CNH Industrial's sprawling tractor factory on the outskirts of that faded blue-collar city.
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