Manchin's base in West Virginia is union workers and he doesn't stand a prayer of winning without support from groups like teachers' and miners' unions. Labor unions are one of the very few groups that has leverage over Manchin.
How can this be true and he can still be opposed to the $15 minimum wage? I could see a guy reliant on the union vote being socially backward, but you'd think he'd need to be more hooked in to economic issues like that
Because while teachers and miners unions are good, an increase in the minimum wage at best marginally impacts them directly, not a hill they're gonna die on.
Like... really? What? Are you kidding me?
Manchin's base in West Virginia is union workers and he doesn't stand a prayer of winning without support from groups like teachers' and miners' unions. Labor unions are one of the very few groups that has leverage over Manchin.
How can this be true and he can still be opposed to the $15 minimum wage? I could see a guy reliant on the union vote being socially backward, but you'd think he'd need to be more hooked in to economic issues like that
Because while teachers and miners unions are good, an increase in the minimum wage at best marginally impacts them directly, not a hill they're gonna die on.