Unions who think Republicans are warming to labor rights are getting played

ganksy , 3 hours ago

“…are getting paid” ftfy

KillingAndKindess , 2 hours ago

In some, I do honestly think they have just been shown what looks like a potential solution, and they are tired or in financial turmoil to the point of trusting the scorpion. Union leaders are people too, and even the “corrupt” ones still benefit from the entire workerbase being lifted up… basically its not the big draw to evil people like being a cop or politician is.

I don’t know how best to solve this issue in the age of WFH and companies with massive regional presence, but, we need our unions to have faces, to have a hand to shake and a smiling face to speak with.

Steve , 3 hours ago

In the short term sure, probably. In the long run? I’m not so sure.

It feels like, a period of major change may be sprouting. Trump has been a massive shake up to the Republican Party. Eventually he’ll die. Nobody knows how the party’ll handle that, or what it’ll look like after. This last primary cycle they had several debates, offering the public lots of options. That’s how democracy is supposed to work. The Democrats on the other hand, refused to hold any debates. Even when lots of people were questioning Biden’s health and ability. They even canceled a number of state primaries. That’s kind of the opposite of a democratic process. And even now, rather than searching for a replacement for Biden, they’re more or less all rallying around Harris. Basically right now, the Republicans are embracing the will of their voters, while the Democrats aren’t even pretending to ask their for voters opinions.

It’s happened before. Republicans were the progressives at their founding, and Democrats the conservatives. They’ve trades places once. There’s no reason to think it couldn’t happen again. It doesn’t happen over night, but it does happen faster than you think. In 20 years the political landscape in the US might be very different.

I’m also keeping an eye on the Forward Party. They’re doing things very differently than any other 3rd party. And Represent US along with Forward, are trying to change the very process of voting. We’ll see how that effects things if they’re successful.

ZombiFrancis , 3 hours ago

I dunno. I watched him speak live and it didn’t seem like he was talking to or trying to convince Trump. He did seem to be talking to the Republican base to pay attention and be aware of whether the GOP does anything for working class people.

I don’t think he got through to many, if any, but honestly there’s literally no one in the GOP Convention-going Base talking about unions or working class issues. Worth a shot.

djsoren19 , 2 hours ago

Have any other unions came out in support other than Teamsters?

Let’s not kid ourselves, Teamsters isn’t getting played here. They’re current leadership is racist as fuck, and have thrown their lot in with the racists.

johny , 40 minutes ago

So long as unions have to support democrats, the democrats don’t have to give anything in return, making it useless to support them. So at least pretending that there is an alternative might push the democrats to be more labor friendly.