In Nevada, A Diverse Electorate Is Building Power Inside Labor Unions
Nevada's Latino and Asian American population is also active in the state's powerful labor unions.
Saturday’s caucuses in Nevada will mark a turning point in the presidential race.
It’s the first diverse state to vote in the 2020 Democratic campaign — and the first state where labor unions will play a decisive role in the outcome.
This week, members of Nevada’s Culinary Union are pounding the phones to get their fellow casino servers and laundry workers to show up on caucus day.
The union represents 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada and its membership looks almost nothing like the voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. They come from 178 different countries, speak more than 40 different languages and nearly 80% are Latino, Asian or black, according to union statistics.
