Powerful Health Care Workers Union Endorses Biden

Politico reports:

The Service Employees International Union, which represents 2 million workers in health care, property services and the public sector, announced Thursday that it will throw its grassroots organizing power behind presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential campaign.

How does this change the race? By winning SEIU’s endorsement, Biden can tap into a network of tens of thousands of volunteers and political organizers to boost his ground game.

The union has announced plans to invest $150 million in a voter engagement campaign targeting infrequent voters of color in several battleground states and has urged Congress to expand voting access during the coronavirus pandemic.

Today we’re excited to endorse @JoeBiden. Through our largest-ever voter engagement & volunteer programs, we’ll organize to get infrequent voters in communities of color to the polls!

As essential workers, we know Joe Biden will do what’s essential for us. #essentialforjoe pic.twitter.com/9OT6MPa6Cs

— SEIU (@SEIU) July 9, 2020