In Michigan, Harris doesn't get planned firefighters endorsement amid shifting labor loyalties

REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — It was the perfect place to welcome the endorsement of the national firefighters union — a gleaming new firehouse in a blue-collar town just outside of Detroit in the key battleground state of Michigan.

But by the time Kamala Harris showed up in Redford Township on Friday, there was no endorsement waiting for her.

By a slim margin, the International Association of Firefighters declined to back any candidate, a reminder of the Democratic nominee's struggle to lock down the same support from organized labor that President Joe Biden won four years ago. The Teamsters...

 

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