56 to go to election: where are the candidates on Labor Day

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is slated to announce a trio of union endorsements on Monday's Labor Day holiday, while his running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence will campaign. in Wisconsin, when the November 2020 election race, interrupted for months by the COVID-19 pandemic, enters the home stretch. 

Biden is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this Monday, where he will attend a virtual public assembly with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest labor union in United States and Canada.

Trump (left) and Biden, in stock footage.

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For his part, the president, Donald Trump, called an afternoon press conference at the White House in which he plans to talk about the economy to encourage his voters.

Both campaigns see a victory in Wisconsin as an achievement that could be decisive in winning the election.

Harris will meet with IBEW union workers and black business owners in Milwaukee, while Pence will visit an energy facility in La Crosse as part of his campaign. 

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The narrow margin of votes that Trump won in that state in 2016 helped him get to the White House. 

According to details obtained by The Associated Press, Biden's campaign will announce three union supporters: the International Union of North American Workers, the International Union of Elevator Builders and the National Federation of Federal Employees, which collectively represent hundreds thousands of union workers across the country who can mobilize to support the campaign.

Biden believes that these endorsements could help win the vote to win states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

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The events of this holiday take place against the backdrop of a pandemic that has disrupted the campaign, forcing much of the electoral activity to be carried out virtually.

Today's event Harris marks her first solo election appearance since Biden announced her as his running mate nearly a month ago. 

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Biden stepped up his campaign last week when he made appearances in Pittsburgh and Kenosha, Wisconsin, and also held two press conferences.

The candidate, as well as Harris, is expected to press the accelerator in the more than two months until November 3, the date of the presidential elections.

While Trump's campaign was disrupted last week by an article published by 

about alleged disparaging remarks against fallen soldiers, as well as his criticized visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, site of the most recent protests against police brutality, it is The focus of the president's conference on Monday is likely to be on the topic they are surveying most relevant: the economy.

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A strong economy that was Trump's greatest asset at the beginning of his re-election campaign may now become one of his weak points due to the ravages of the coronavirus on the job market and economic growth.

Biden's campaign has emphasized that the economic damage was caused by the government's inadequate response to the pandemic that resulted in more loss of life and jobs than necessary, a strategy with which they aim to win over union voters.

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The US economy has slowly recovered since it collapsed in the spring as many companies have reopened and rehired some laid off employees.

However, recovery is far from a reality.

Only about half of the 22 million jobs lost to COVID-19 have been rescued.

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Additionally, economic inequalities also appear to have deepened, with lower-income and minority workers suffering disproportionately, while wealthy Americans have lost fewer jobs and even benefited from rising stock and home prices. .

With information from the AP agency.