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Michael Sainato

Kamala Harris seeks to bolster pro-labor stance in speech to teachers’ union

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Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the American Federation of Teachers convention in Houston, Texas, on 25 July. Photograph: Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters

Kamala Harris sought to bolster her pro-labor credentials on Thursday days into her run for the presidency, telling a convention of one of the US’s biggest unions: “When unions are strong, America is strong.”

Addressing the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention today in Houston, Texas – her fourth event in four days across four states – the vice-president said: “Donald Trump and his extreme allies want to take our nation back to failed trickle-down economic policies, back to union-busting, back to tax breaks for billionaires.”

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