CBTU is the independent voice of 1.2 million Black workers represented by 57 international unions in the U.S. and Canada and has been involved in presidential politics since 1972 — defying the AFL-CIO by backing George McGovern against President Richard Nixon.
CBTU endorsed Biden to be the 46th president of the United States with the hope that this can help Biden inspire more progressives and create a broad coalition.
They believe America can’t survive another four years of President Donald Trump
“Four more years of a Trump presidency could push America to the point of no return.
The hate and divisiveness being poured into the veins of this democracy by the man elected to preserve it has done incalculable damage to our institutions, our families, and our communities,” Rev. Terrence Melvin, president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, said.
Biden’s ‘Lift Every Voice’ Plan for Black America offers student debt relief, a $15 minimum wage for all workers and increased subsidies to Obamacare.
