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Workers at competing businesses in the same industry would be able to unionize and collectively bargain under a proposal introduced by Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.

Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, unveiled the policy during a campaign stop Friday at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny.

The plan also calls for a $15 per hour federal minimum wage; guaranteed bargaining rights for all workers, including in the gig economy and fast food industry; equal pay for equal work legislation; and ensuring workers have access to sick pay and paid family leave.

The plan would expand collective bargaining rights to workers for companies like Uber, and ensure private sector employees have the same bargaining rights as public sector employees. The Buttigieg campaign noted the Republican-led Iowa Legislature’s 2017 move to eliminate most benefits for which public employees can collectively bargain.

INSLEE’S PLAN FOR UNIONS: An increased minimum wage, expanded organizing rights and guaranteed vacation and family leave policies are part of Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee’s nine-step plan for labor.