2020 presidential candidates on labor policy

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This page includes statements from the 2020 presidential candidates on labor policy. These statements were compiled from each candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and interviews. Click the following links for policy statements about related issues: Janus v. AFSCME, public-sector unions, unionization and organization, and the right to strike.

The candidates featured on this page are the 2020 presidential nominees from the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Green parties.

Republican Party Donald Trump
Democratic Party Joe Biden
Green Party Howie Hawkins
Libertarian Party Jo Jorgensen

Labor policy

Republican candidates

Donald Trump

Donald Trump's campaign website does not include a statement about labor policy. [source, as of 2020-03-09]

Roque De La Fuente

Rocque de la Fuente's campaign website does not include a statement about labor policy. [source, as of 2020-03-09]

Bill Weld

Bill Weld's campaign website does not include a statement about labor policy. [source, as of 2020-03-09]

Democratic candidates

Joe Biden

According to Joe Biden's campaign website, "Biden is proposing a plan to grow a stronger, more inclusive middle class – the backbone of the American economy – by strengthening public and private sector unions and helping all workers bargain successfully for what they deserve."

His campaign website continues, "As president, Biden will: check the abuse of corporate power over labor and hold corporate executives personally accountable for violations of labor laws; encourage and incentivize unionization and collective bargaining; and ensure that workers are treated with dignity and receive the pay, benefits, and workplace protections they deserve." [source, as of 2020-03-02]

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard's campaign website does not include a statement about labor policy. [source, as of 2020-03-09]

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders' campaign website identifies the following as his key points on labor policy: "Double union membership within Bernie’s first term. Establish federal protections against the firing of workers for any reason other than 'just cause.' Provide unions the ability to organize through a majority sign up process and enact 'first contract' provisions to ensure companies cannot prevent a union from forming by denying a first contract. Deny federal contracts to companies that pay poverty wages, outsource jobs overseas, engage in union busting, deny good benefits, and pay CEOs outrageous compensation packages Eliminate 'Right to Work for Less' laws and guarantees the right to unionize for workers historically excluded from labor protections, like farm workers and domestic workers." [source, as of 2020-03-02]


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