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Our state GOP was totally hijacked by MAGA radicals and now answers to Karamo, who's an utter nut job and die-hard Trump loyalist.
But they've gone so far a lot of moderate Republicans feel alienated and with our new balanced voting districts Democrats will probably secure victory for the foreseeable future. It still will be a tight race, but I would not be surprised if Biden's margin in 2024 is bigger in Michigan than it was in 2020.
“Both sides are the same!”
They are when it comes to wages.
The federal minimum wage has been 7 bucks for fifteen years. Both sides have had a total majority with the presidency in that time frame.
Literally the same.
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I’m sorry guaranteeing healthcare for tens of millions of Americans with the 2 years they had government control wasn’t enough for you.
... is it enough for you?
You're moving the goalpost. Is it enough? No. But there's one party where it happened and another party that literally did everything they could against it. Both parties are definitely not the same.
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Hopefully he keeps the same message when the executives refuse to make a reasonable offer and "the economy" might suffer again.
I don't think it's as likely that the Feds break this strike like they did with the railroads. Their argument against the rails was that almost every other industry relies on them to move product, while having fewer new cars will only effect the new and used car markets. With however hundreds of millions of usable vehicles that are already out there, this strike doesn't really have the same opportunity to spill over to the larger economy.
Well, there are a lot of folks that make parts for those cars. Auto is a pretty large sector, but otherwise... I think I agree.
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I think this would mean more if he actually stood up for the railway workers during their strike.
Gotta give the president props for that, as well as democrats. Didn't realize they got that through. I'd like them to keep pushing for a least 12 national sick days for all mid to major companies.
Would love to see some universal protections.
Didn’t realize they got that through.
As always, Democrats are the WORST at PR.
Far less than they asked for, and did nothing towards meeting their other major demands such as Precision Scheduled Railroading.
If Biden was incapable or unwilling to force the rail companies to give better terms, he should have stayed out of it.
Far less than they asked for
Have you ever heard of the word "negotiation"? Why aren't you talking about how the result was "far less than what the rail companies asked for"?
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Then perhaps they shouldn't have accepted it and striked as planned? The fact that it wasn't "enough" for the workers isn't on the POTUS and doesn't negate his actions.
They kind of kick-started this years huge labor push. Sure, it was bubbling up for a while before the rail unions decided to take action but they were the first "big" players to threaten a strike in a while. It's easy to say that from the sidelines after the fact but they were being vilified by national media 24/7 for weeks, getting a bunch of pressure from Congress and being threatened to have the book thrown at them if they decided to strike. They were early to the party and didn't have all of it's completely understandable.
It's also completely valid to criticize Biden for not doing enough when it really mattered, he could've put more pressure on Congress, he could've visited the workers and given his approval. He's clearly capable of these things when it suits his interests, why didn't he do any of that for the rail unions? Surely they could've used the help. Why was "working in the background" good enough for them but all of a sudden it's insufficient for the UAW?
The labor movement is a positive feedback loop of direct action. I'm still contending with the fact that I'm a major player in the labor movement within tech, but I can trace the labor action of the last few months directly to CODE-CWA forming to help organize Google workers in 2020. Labor action fuels labor action. The ABK Workers Alliance were inspired by Paizo, who inspired Vodeo Workers United, who inspired ABKWA members to unionize at Raven into GWA, who inspired more tech unions to form, who inspired SBWU to perform militant labor actions, who inspired WGA and SAG-AFTRA (they work in the games industry).
Edit: I feel like downvotes are coming from my claim about being a major player in the labor movement. Without revealing who I am or where I work, my workplace will be the largest union in tech when we file, beating ZWU by approximately 160 people. I'm the lead organizer of this campaign, and we have approximately 40% card saturation (the campaign started very abnormally). There is almost 0% chance anyone has seen my name outside of my home town, except my labor actions have placed me on an obscure games media podcast talking about GDC, in a picture of a CWA newsletter, and I was quoted on an article from WSJ regarding my activism.
Criticism is totally fine and often deserved, I'm just saying using the rail strike (or any past Biden ball-drops) as a measuring stick for this one servers little purpose and detracts from the core issue. He should be held to task for those things when it comes election time, not fielding "but what about XYZ?" statements.
Launching an illegal strike is far different from launching a legally protected strike. They'd have to accept the possibility that everyone loses their jobs and some people might even get taken to court. Things just aren't that bad yet.
Fair point! Thanks.
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Did he though? His Congress pushed through a bill with a smaller compensation package, 1(one) day of sick time, no removal of advance notice for sick time, none of the OT protections, and no acknowledgement of safety concerns.
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- Fuck you for assuming I'm any kind of liberal. Especially fuck you for insinuating I'm a Republican.
- Regardless of the RLA holding a gun to their Union's head, they did vote to approve the Senate's contract. I'm personally very dissatisfied with the agreement, but ultimately, their union voted to ratify the agreement. As NPR notes, the deal falls significantly short of the goals rail workers were fighting for. They decided to accept it, in the face of a repeat of PATCO.
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I didn’t say anything about your personal politics - I have far too little to go off to make that kind of claim.
You accused them of listening to Hannity, so uh
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He did. Stop listening to hannity.
This necessarily implies anyone who disagrees listens to Hannity.
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No, I'm mad that you smeared everyone who disagrees with you. It was a "joke" but one where we are supposed to be the punchline.
And then you started whining about civility.
The 4-Day Workweek is more important.
Why isn't he championing a massive raise in minimum wage? Everyone other than the rich are struggling. Is he just trying to make cars even more expensive than they already have gotten here? I'm in my 40s and my first house cost less than an average new car today. Help all the people, man.
Republicans blocked Biden's previous attempt to raise the minimum wage so not a lot of use to try again unless there is some more pressure.
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The problem is that owners are profiting off of labor while not doing any real work themselves.
The rich need to make less profit so 'everyone other than the rich' can have more. It's that simple, not sure why it needs to be spelled out for you.
This should not be paid for by raising prices. It should be paid for by people wealthier than you making less profit while still being wealthier than you can ever hope to be.
I’m in my 40s and my first house cost less than an average new car today.
That's because people like you don't understand how basic economics work, so you're routinely taken advantage of by people who do.
I wonder where the Big 3 will send their campaign cash for the 2024 election?
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