2020 presidential candidates on public-sector unions
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This page includes statements from the 2020 presidential candidates on public-sector unions. 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, labor policy, 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.
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Howie Hawkins
Jo Jorgensen
Public-sector unions
Republican candidates
Donald Trump
Donald Trump's campaign website does not include a statement about public-sector unions. [source, as of 2020-03-09]
Roque De La Fuente
Rocque de la Fuente's campaign website does not include a statement about public-sector unions. [source, as of 2020-03-09]
Bill Weld
Bill Weld's campaign website does not include a statement about public-sector unions. [source, as of 2020-03-09]
Democratic candidates
Joe Biden
According to Joe Biden's campaign website, "As president, Biden will establish a federal right to union organizing and collective bargaining for all public sector employees, and make it easier for those employees who serve our communities to both join a union and bargain."
His campaign website continues, "He will do so by fighting for and signing into law the Public Safety Employer Employee Cooperation Act and Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act. He will work to ensure public sector workers, including public school educators, have a greater voice in the decisions that impact their students and their working conditions. He will also strongly encourage states to pursue expanded bargaining rights for state licensed and contracted workers, including child care workers and home health care workers. And, he will look for federal solutions that will protect these workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively. Finally, he will reinstate the Obama-Biden rule, which the Trump Administration has since reversed, making it easier for independent-provider home care workers to join a union." [source, as of 2020-03-02]
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard's campaign website does not include a statement about public-sector unions. [source, as of 2020-03-09]
Bernie Sanders
According to his campaign website, Bernie Sanders intends to "make sure every public sector union in America has the freedom to negotiate."
His website adds, "When Bernie is president he will sign the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019 to guarantee the right of public employees to organize and bargain collectively for better wages, benefits and working conditions in states like Iowa that currently do not offer these fundamental protections." [source, as of 2020-03-02]
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