DETROIT — National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler joined state labor leaders at a Detroit union hall Tuesday morning to rally for Democrats in the final stretch of a midterm election that has drawn national and international scrutiny.
Schuler spoke alongside Democratic Attorney General nominee Eli Savit, renowned civil rights activist Charles Mauldin and others at a canvass launch at UNITE HERE Local 24’s office, a hospitality workers’ union that is a part of AFL-CIO, the largest federation of labor unions in the nation.
“I don’t know about y’all, but I’m sick of the TV ads. Every state I’ve been to, it’s nothing but division. It’s nothing but toxicity and attacks, and you know why they’re doing that,” Shuler said to a packed room of mostly Black supporters donning Unite Here! shirts. “They know if the working class comes together and unites around these issues, that they’re toast.”…