Some of the main priorities the Democrats are highlighting in Biden’s reelection campaign are creating high-paying jobs, defending abortion rights and lowering costs for American families.
They’re also paying special attention to members of the Culinary and Bartenders unions. Culinary Local 226, which represents 60,000 workersin Nevada, traditionally has been a powerful voting bloc. Over half of the Culinary Union’s members identify as “Latinx,” according to the union’s website.
Biden spoke with members of the Culinary Union during a visit in December to Las Vegas to tout a $3 billion federal grant awarded to Brightline West for their high-speed rail project linking Southern Nevada and Southern California. During a visit to the College of Southern Nevada’s North Las Vegas campus last October, Vice President Kamala Harris stopped by the Culinary Union headquarters to talk with workers and union organizers.