PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Philadelphia on Tuesday to speak about labor organizing and collective bargaining, part of the White House’s push to prioritize blue-collar workers.
Harris, who leads a Biden administration task force on labor issues, and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will meet Tuesday afternoon with union leaders at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 training center on the Delaware River waterfront. The vice president will address union members later, and she’ll be joined by other elected officials including Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Mayor Jim Kenney.
The visit is the latest trip outside Washington for Harris and Walsh, the former Boston mayor who once led a union himself. They’ve been meeting union workers across the country, including Google contractors in Pittsburgh and plumbers in Ohio.
