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Rebecca Rainey: Now that most races have been called, unions key to Democrats’ better-than-expected performance in the 2022 midterms say they’re already gearing up for the Georgia runoff set to take place Dec. 6.
Unite Here’s operation to get out the vote knocked on 2.7 million doors in the battleground states of Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, all races that helped Democrats retain control of the Senate, the union said.
Now, leaders of Unite Here say they are planning to bring the “full force” of their program to Georgia ahead of the runoff election between incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican nominee Herschel Walker. This isn’t their first foray into Georgia politics. Unite Here says in 2020 it knocked on 1.6 million doors for Warnock in the lead-up to the last Senate runoff held in 2021.
Part of the union’s midterm strategy was also to recruit new members while knocking on doors. Members of the Unite Here Philadelphia campaign passed along information about the labor union’s hospitality worker training program—which offers the guarantee of placement in a union job—before even discussing the election with potential voters.
Since March, they have placed 99 workers in union jobs as part of the effort in Philadelphia, according to the union.
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