It's odd that at face value Democrats have had a positive improvement on Unions and yet the Union leadership doesn't want to endorse the party for this year's Presidential election. My knowledge...
It's odd that at face value Democrats have had a positive improvement on Unions and yet the Union leadership doesn't want to endorse the party for this year's Presidential election. My knowledge of Politics is not good enough to comment on it, others have already said it better than I would be able to do. However, as a passive observer I find the dichotomy of it frustrating. Just another social, economical etc., issue I have to make peace with.
In the 90s the dems took blue collar for granted. So they left. The right have changed politics from policy to football teams so it will be difficult to get them back.
In the 90s the dems took blue collar for granted. So they left. The right have changed politics from policy to football teams so it will be difficult to get them back.
I think it’s perfectly reasonable to ask why blue collar voters chose the Republicans over the Democrats. “Being taken for granted” by the Democrats isn’t much of an explanation when the...
I think it’s perfectly reasonable to ask why blue collar voters chose the Republicans over the Democrats. “Being taken for granted” by the Democrats isn’t much of an explanation when the Republicans offered nothing that would benefit working people.
That’s a false dichotomy. It’s perfectly possible to feel alienated by the democrats and unrepresented by the republicans. The two parties aren’t the opposite of each other. They are just the only...
That’s a false dichotomy. It’s perfectly possible to feel alienated by the democrats and unrepresented by the republicans. The two parties aren’t the opposite of each other. They are just the only two parties we have (practically speaking) so they sometimes appear as opposites.
Sure, but we are discussing people who switched their party affiliation, not people who abandoned politics altogether, so presumably there was something about the Republican Party which appealed...
Sure, but we are discussing people who switched their party affiliation, not people who abandoned politics altogether, so presumably there was something about the Republican Party which appealed to them.
I need to read the original linked article, but I do think the Dems are playing a back and forth game with labor. They keep citing that Biden was the first president to walk a picket line, but...
I need to read the original linked article, but I do think the Dems are playing a back and forth game with labor. They keep citing that Biden was the first president to walk a picket line, but ignored that he completely scabed and threatened to call in the National Guard for the striking train workers - which I believe lead to the East Palestine incident.
The Dems say they are in support of unions because they want union organizing and union votes, but they also want to silence unions advocating for ending support of Israel. And I believe, and I think the unions believe, that they will get dropped in support of billionaires or company CEOs if it comes down to it.
The flip of that is that they got the sick days they wanted, and the IBEW credits Bidens work for that. https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid Also found this...
Edit to be clear: They didn't get all they wanted and it wasn't a solid win on Bidens part for labor, but my partner has friends who work for the railroad (idk which one myself) and they were pretty pleased
I don't agree with Biden here but some people believe that the cost of allowing a strike to significant infrastructure like freight rail would cripple the economy to no purpose. When it comes to...
I don't agree with Biden here but some people believe that the cost of allowing a strike to significant infrastructure like freight rail would cripple the economy to no purpose. When it comes to unions vs most companies, Biden has been on labor side.
If workers are that integral to 'the economy' then they should be fairly compensated as such. Skilled or unskilled, if you're that essential then you should be paid well enough that you never feel...
allowing a strike to significant infrastructure like freight rail would cripple the economy to no purpose.
If workers are that integral to 'the economy' then they should be fairly compensated as such. Skilled or unskilled, if you're that essential then you should be paid well enough that you never feel the need to strike.
It's odd that at face value Democrats have had a positive improvement on Unions and yet the Union leadership doesn't want to endorse the party for this year's Presidential election. My knowledge of Politics is not good enough to comment on it, others have already said it better than I would be able to do. However, as a passive observer I find the dichotomy of it frustrating. Just another social, economical etc., issue I have to make peace with.
In the 90s the dems took blue collar for granted. So they left. The right have changed politics from policy to football teams so it will be difficult to get them back.
How did they do that?
NAFTA was part of it. Getting behind the offshoring and nearshoring trend for manufacturing
And the Republicans opposed those things?
The claim was that in the 90s, the dems took blue collar for granted. Not that the Republicans were good for blue collar workers at that time.
I think it’s perfectly reasonable to ask why blue collar voters chose the Republicans over the Democrats. “Being taken for granted” by the Democrats isn’t much of an explanation when the Republicans offered nothing that would benefit working people.
That’s a false dichotomy. It’s perfectly possible to feel alienated by the democrats and unrepresented by the republicans. The two parties aren’t the opposite of each other. They are just the only two parties we have (practically speaking) so they sometimes appear as opposites.
Sure, but we are discussing people who switched their party affiliation, not people who abandoned politics altogether, so presumably there was something about the Republican Party which appealed to them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Way
Specifically
OK
I need to read the original linked article, but I do think the Dems are playing a back and forth game with labor. They keep citing that Biden was the first president to walk a picket line, but ignored that he completely scabed and threatened to call in the National Guard for the striking train workers - which I believe lead to the East Palestine incident.
The Dems say they are in support of unions because they want union organizing and union votes, but they also want to silence unions advocating for ending support of Israel. And I believe, and I think the unions believe, that they will get dropped in support of billionaires or company CEOs if it comes down to it.
The flip of that is that they got the sick days they wanted, and the IBEW credits Bidens work for that.
https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid
Also found this federal rule mandating the two person minimum
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/rail-unions-hail-bidens-two-person-crew-mandate/
Edit to be clear: They didn't get all they wanted and it wasn't a solid win on Bidens part for labor, but my partner has friends who work for the railroad (idk which one myself) and they were pretty pleased
I don't agree with Biden here but some people believe that the cost of allowing a strike to significant infrastructure like freight rail would cripple the economy to no purpose. When it comes to unions vs most companies, Biden has been on labor side.
If workers are that integral to 'the economy' then they should be fairly compensated as such. Skilled or unskilled, if you're that essential then you should be paid well enough that you never feel the need to strike.