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    2020 Candidates Will Be Pressed On Their Plans To Help Working People, Unions

    Watch the AFSCME forum with 19 Democratic presidential candidates, moderated by HuffPost’s Amanda Terkel and The Nevada Independent’s Jon Ralston, at HuffPost.com on Saturday at 9 a.m. Pacific.
    About 800,000 workers found themselves thrust into economic uncertainty at the end of 2018, when politicians in Washington couldn’t come to an agreement on funding legislation to keep the federal government running. 
    Some people kept working, while others were furloughed. All of them, however, wouldn’t get paid until the government reopened. The partial government shutdown ended up lasting 35 days, the longest closure in history and the second one during Donald Trump’s presidency.
    At every level of government, public workers increasingly find themselves at the mercy of politicians who use them as political footballs. In many places, they face threats to their pay and benefits, and a crackdown on efforts to unionize, even as they’re expected to keep the country’s infrastructure running so that everyone else ― including massive corporations rewarded with tax cuts and other handouts ― can succeed. 
    In other spots, however, there seems to be a growing willingness by politicians to embrace unions and the role of government. In June, the governor of Nevada signed a law giving state workers collective bargaining rights, the largest statewide expansion in 16 years. And the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are openly showing their support for unions and backing worker actions. 
    On Aug. 3, just days after the second round of debates, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will host the 2020 Public Service Forum in Las Vegas. 
    At least 19 Democrats running for their party’s 2020 nomination will be attending:
    Sen. Michael Bennet
    Former Vice President Joe Biden
    Sen. Cory Booker
    Gov. Steve Bullock
    Mayor Pete Buttigieg
    Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro
    Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Former Rep. John Delaney
    Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
    Sen. Kamala Harris
    Gov. Jay Inslee
    Sen. Amy Klobuchar
    Rep. Seth Moulton
    Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke
    Rep. Tim Ryan
    Sen. Bernie Sanders
    Business leader and philanthropist Tom Steyer
    Sen. Elizabeth Warren
    Author Marianne Williamson
    Jon Ralston, the editor of The Nevada Independent, and I will be pressing the candidates on their plans to strengthen protections for working people and the position that unions occupy. We also want to hear specifics from candidates on how they intend to get their ambitious agendas through what could be a divided Congress, and their views on the role of government in people’s lives.  
    The candidates will also take questions directly from union members in attendance and watching the livestream, which will be running on HuffPost. 

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