Major Union Backing Harris-Walz Joins Call for Palestinian American to Speak at DNC

Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.

The United Auto Workers —a major union backer of the Harris-Walz presidential ticket—added its voice Thursday to the growing chorus demanding that a Palestinian American be invited to address the Democratic National Convention in Chicago over Israel 's U.S.-backed assault on the Gaza Strip. 'If we want the war in Gaza to end, we can't put our heads in the sand or ignore the voices of the Palestinian Americans in the Democratic Party ,' the UAW said on social media.

It's difficult to express how important this contrast is at this press conference where so many are in tears from how insulted and rejected they feel by the DNC.' Others—including union members—praised the move on social media. Gen-Z for Change executive Director Elise Joshi said that 'UAW's nonstop solidarity gives me hope in this moment of immense frustration. From UAW's UC Academic worker strike to this.

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