Statement from SEIU International President April Verrett on SEIU’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for President:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – “The most important thing for working people right now is uniting behind Vice President Harris, the candidate who can beat Donald Trump and finish the job that we started under the Biden-Harris administration. Working people are clear: Vice President Harris is the leader who has their back. SEIU is ALL IN for Kamala Harris.
Vice President Harris is the best prepared candidate for president, bringing decades of public service fighting for working families, as well as a historic choice to lead the Democratic ticket as a woman of color and the daughter of immigrant parents. She has taken action to make home care and child care more accessible and affordable, championed new staffing standards for nursing homes, and has always prioritized all service and care workers and the essential work that they do. Vice President Harris has participated in walk-a-day-in-my-shoes events with SEIU members, including a home care worker in California and a security officer in Michigan, to see firsthand the many challenges working people face – putting food on the table, commuting to work, and balancing work and family. And she has made sure to use every lever of government to do everything possible to make things better for working people.
Kamala Harris has been a powerful and steady voice defending our reproductive freedom. Alongside President Biden, she has fought for a humane and orderly immigration system that keeps families together and keeps our economy growing. And from her leadership in the Senate, we know that she will defend the Affordable Care Act and protect Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security against Republican threats.
We cannot risk a MAGA future in which corporations and the wealthy are lavishly rewarded with tax breaks and fewer regulations, while working people struggle. We cannot risk more MAGA justices on the Supreme Court, who would take away more of our rights. We certainly cannot risk a President who seeks to be a dictator from Day One and whose racist, sexist and anti-worker agenda is clearly outlined in Project 2025. That’s why working class voters of every race will gladly back Kamala Harris, a proven leader, as our first woman President.”