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Amazon union president knocks Biden: ‘No cavalry coming’ for American workers
Submitted 8 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to workreform@lemmy.world
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Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Of course good ol Bernie Sanders is out there in the crowd with the workers. He’s the only authentic, legit politician I’ve ever seen.
Amazon sued the NLRB, arguing that the agency was unconstitutional and deprived the company of its First Amendment rights
Companies don’t have first amendment rights, motherfucker! They’re not people. IDC what some dumb ass Regan era law said. People are held accountable for their actions, and I American companies are not. No rights without accountability.
return2ozma@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Keep Bernie’s Legacy going youtu.be/ZlZaVtCT5HI
DeadPand@midwest.social 8 months ago
While I agree that Biden isn’t really helping labor out, Smalls has been a disappointment in how he runs the union he helped start.
Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How? Remember when he was there with Sean Fein and the UAW?
DeadPand@midwest.social 8 months ago
Read the article, it links to another explaining Chris small’s own union complaining about his refusal to hold elections, they’ve asked a judge to force an election cause Chris small’s refuses to after changing the union charter without a vote…
Snapz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It can be both - Biden admin has objectively done more for workers than most American presidents AND it’s still not enough. Acknowledge both in criticism. Look at the auto workers Union president and see the more balanced approach there - hold his feet to the fire and reserve your endorsement, make them take some action to earn the endorsement, then don’t take the pressure off after giving it.
This just feels like anti labor press working to divide people that are overwhelmingly on the same side. Smalls isn’t trained for this work, he’s organically found himself in this position and he motivates people which is good, but it will always be easy for the machine to use his words against him as he’s not the classic polished, careful representative typically in that spot.
urfavlaura@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
the image preview looks … German
Surp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
By design probably. Most news outlets in America are for spreading misinformation in subtle ways.
june@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Feels very intentional
Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Certainly the GOP will help, lol. What’s his angle here? I don’t get it. And him not remembering a conversation tells more.about him than about Biden.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Believe it or not, you can criticize the sitting dem president and not think Trump is better. If a president has claimed to be pro-union, but appears to union leaders to not be doing enough, that’s a valid critique.
Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I absolutely agree, but in this climate any vote swayed from Biden is a danger for the entire planet. I don’t particularly like a two party system, much less a one oarty system.
return2ozma@lemmy.world 8 months ago
circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Also why in the hell is a giant corporation like Amazon, with pockets do deep they exceed the GDP of many countries, getting a loan from the federal government. Make it make sense.
Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
That part seems wrong. Amazon has to announce stuff like that. SEC filing on the loan has a list of all the lenders and none of them are the government.
www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/…/d429499dex101.htm
Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
WTF is the government doing loaning tax payer dollars to the richest man in the world?
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Rich people do stay rich by spending their money. They get money in order to be able to spend other people’s money.