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JennyStokes's avatar

I don't think any Union should support a political party!

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martin.english@gmail.com's avatar

A Labor Union, by definition, works towards improving the lives of their members. Advocating for one parties policies over another is simply part of the process.

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Stephen Breyer's Ice Cream's avatar

𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘, 𝐼’𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝. 𝑊𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑤𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑧.

Wait, a Union leader that listens to its membership and reflects that in its messaging? And furthermore, acknowledges the diversity within its ranks? What is this, Crazytown?

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belfryo's avatar

What is he???? Some kind if Shawn Fain or something???

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George Hicks's avatar

If you think publicly traded companies are parasitic wait till you work for private equity- it will be parasitic on steroids.

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Ramiro Blanco's avatar

"We want to get it back to the point when everyone respected and loved that when they were flying on a Boeing airplane, they knew they were getting the best quality product out there, and that they were flying on the safest plane."

Gives a while new meaning to "budget" airlines. Are they budgeting on c-suite bonus packages? No. It's on service and, more importantly, on safety.

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belfryo's avatar

Publicly traded corporations are self devouring parasitic entities. They are inherently unhealthy, made unhealthier through the consolidation of monopolies. With all the monopolization going on now, we are seeing collapses a whole companies and industries happening at around the same time. If you have to report profits every quarter, eventually have to start chipping away at the very essence of what makes your company valuable. When you start compromising safety on airplanes. That's kind of game over

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Doug Tarnopol's avatar

Hamilton, what do you think accounts for the differences between the Teamsters and these guys, given you say the demographics are about the same? Leadership, like he said?

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Hamilton Nolan's avatar

Yes. I have a piece in In These Times on this coming later today.

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Doug Tarnopol's avatar

Sonuvabitch, you’re a good writer. Clear, honest, funny. I hadn’t considered the multifaceted fuckupedness of the non-endorsement.

I hope the Teamsters rank and file dump this idiot.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/teamsters-endorsement-obrien-harris-trump-2024

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Doug Tarnopol's avatar

Tx, will read! Keep up the great work.

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