One factor on the jobs front working in Biden’s favor in Nevada is the support of the Culinary Union — one of the most powerful political groups in the state representing 60,000 workers, many of whom were employed in casino resorts but lost their jobs in March. Half of the Culinary Union’s members are still unemployed.
The union has deployed its members to canvas for the former vice president, providing on-the-ground support for an otherwise largely online campaign.
In an opinion editorial published in the Las Vegas Sun, Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Geoconda Argüello-Kline wrote, “But under President Donald Trump, working people have been overlooked and undervalued. Now, the economic fallout from Trump’s botched pandemic response has spiraled out of control.”