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Some carry red hats at political gatherings, while others wear blue T -shirts at Union protests. Deep down, fight for Shot in American dream It feels more like Miraga now.
Whether it’s United Auto workers leaning to the President Donald TrumpThe message “Make America Great Great” or teachers in public schools in Chicago who dig in pockets to buy supplies for vulnerable students, a working -class class represents the electorate that Washington neglected for a long time.
Both Democrats and the Republican Party informed of Trump claim that they are families of champions, but the working -class families are still not real, consistent in the halls of power.
Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump and the leader of the minority of Senate Chuck Schumer (Getty Images)
I saw it closely – together with educators, colleges of higher education, healthcare professionals and public employees. I also listened to factory workers, food officials, long -trail drivers and warehouse staff. Whether in the Union Hall in the rust belt, the Sunbelt Hospital or the Detroit classroom, the message is the same: Working people feel unheard of and underrated.
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Trade unions, who have often demonized large business and political operatives, are the sum of their parts: everyday working people who strive for better.
These include the cafeteria workers who kept schoolchildren fed during the pandemic, even when the schools were closed; Hospital technicians who pull overnight to get patients with care; Sanitary crews that are disgusted with winter storms to keep cities clean; And assistant professors who educate future leaders, while barely scraping. These Americans gather not because of power or profit, but because of dignity – fighting for a better salary, safer conditions and a stable life.
But it’s not just unions. Millions of workers – unionized or not – They are exhausted, not sufficiently paid and moving to broken systems. Still, they remain the backbone of our economy. In fact, consumer consumption by family and family-class families is almost 70% of American economic activities-an unlikely character who emphasizes how deep working hours and means of life related to financial health in the country.
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Educators, from kindergarten teacher to auxiliary professors, are still paid less than their peers in other fields while confronting combustion. Health workers are stretched thin in objects. Public employees are required to do more with less. In the meantime, workers in the private sector Continue to face the uncertainty of the joboutsourcing and salary stagnation.
Although the working class voters on most of the south and the middle west helped to return Donald Trump to the White House, they also clearly voted about issues in question, with higher salaries, paid leave, public schools and reproductive rights.
In a recent visit to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – and in city councilors across the country – I saw and heard the same thing: people are tired. Tired of broken promises. Tired of political theater. Tired of watching their lives used as props during the choice, just to forgot to be forgotten after the voices are counted.
The most powerful stories do not come from the podium. They come from nurses in North Carolina who march towards the state capital to require a safer staff. They also come from the Detroit stadium workers who have not taken a sick day for years because the lack of salaries could mean a missing rent.
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These are not abstract questions. They are everyday reality. And the people who live them deserve more than the service of the lip. Their persistence, sacrifice and peaceful acts of love should be on the center of our political conversations.
The time the leaders started listening – not only during the campaigns, but always. The work class does not seek much, just respect, life salaries, good schools, affordable health care and dignified life.
This should not be too much to look for in the richest country in the world. And yet, here we are.
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The results loudly and clearly, they said what people wanted. But too often, legislators choose special interests because of public interest.
Even with a survey after a survey showing US support from public schools in the neighborhood, Congress members are pushing an account for the selection of a national school that would drain public dollars to private institutions. If we want to restore confidence in our democracy, we must listen to the people who hold it. Those who teach, cure, build and serve. People in red hats and blue T -shirts who, despite the noise, are more united than we think.