2024 TX Senate race: on Jobs

Carl Sherman: Companies that are diverse outperform Wall Street

"When you have diversity in any organization, you're much better," he said. "You understand all of the different dynamics that play out culturally speaking, ethnically speaking and as well gender speaking. And companies that are diverse outperform Wall Street according to Harvard studies."

Colin Allred: Endorsed by the Texas AFL-CIO

Labor : Make it easier or harder for unions to organize?
• Colin Allred (D): Easier. "It's critical that we protect the right to organize." Supported the PRO Act providing protections for workers trying to organize. Is endorsed by the Texas AFL-CIO.
• Ted Cruz (R): Mixed. Opposed USDA's partnering with a farmworkers' union in an agricultural pilot program. Supported increasing rail union workers' number of paid sick days.

Colin Allred: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour

Minimum Wage : Raise federal minimum from $7.25/hr?
• Colin Allred (D): Yes. "I'm running for Senate to fight for $15/hr." In 2019 voted to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.
• Ted Cruz (R): No. Opposed raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Wage increases mean that people lose jobs; "the most vulnerable" are hurt.