Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a Democratic presidential candidate for 2020, promised to bring unions to the negotiating table during a rollout of "Medicare for All," at a union conference in Las Vegas this weekend, The New York Times reports.
"Nobody does anything without working people well-represented," she said, according to The New York Times. "What matters most is we get everybody at the table to figure out how everybody gets fully compensated for what they've negotiated for. This is a matter of both respect and a matter of economics."
Ms. Warren was joined by 19 other Democratic candidates at the conference for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents 1.6 million union employees.
Her remarks are noteworthy after last week's debates in Detroit, in which candidates sparred over healthcare for union workers. For example, during the first night of debating, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who wrote the Medicare for All bill in the Senate, claimed it would save companies money, leading to wage increases for workers. However, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan contended that union workers like their healthcare plans and won't want to give them up.
Read more about what candidates said at the conference here.
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