Kamala Harris vows to protect workers' rights at Detroit rally on Labor Day

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(Detroit Free Press) In a city steeped in labor history, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris promised to protect workers' rights if elected and cast her Republican opponent former President Donald Trump as a foe to workers during a Labor Day speech on Monday at Detroit's Northwestern High School.

"Always good to be in the house of labor," Harris said at the beginning her brief speech in the high school's gymnasium. When she took the stage, Harris hugged a group of union presidents who greeted her under a blue banner that read, "Union Strong for Harris-Walz."

"Don't we love Labor Day?" Harris asked the sea of workers wearing their union T-shirts who applauded her. She repeated a familiar Democratic campaign refrain that unions helped build the middle class in the U.S.

Harris said all workers — even those who do not belong to a union — have benefited from strong unionized workplaces. ...............(more)

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