Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer are courting several labor unions Sunday at a forum sponsored by United for Infrastructure, a nonprofit organization made up of labor unions and trade associations.
Democrats have offered plans to overhaul the nation’s transportation network and create construction jobs, intended in part to draw a contrast with President Trump, whose proposals have languished despite bipartisan attempts in Congress to forge a broad plan to repair the country’s infrastructure.
Organized labor has long been a political force in Nevada and plays a more significant role in the state than in Iowa and New Hampshire, which held the first two presidential nominating contests.
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