In the 1950s, union membership in USA was almost 50%.
Today, it’s less than 10%, and most of that is police and federal employees.
Remember this every time our “labor party” talks about falling wages and other worker issues. They’ve held office for DECADES, look at the results.
The Democratic party leadership has been sold out for 70 years. They allow a few “socialist” representatives to appeal to the masses as the face of the DNC; that is bait. As the Democrats use progressive candidates, the Republican party uses the Democrats for the exact same purpose; it’s a symbiotic relationship with guaranteed billions for the “losing” party and more billions for the “winning” party cyclically.
The platform for bOtH pArTiEs is nothing more than a lip service for voters; that is never their actual objective. For example, government doesn’t get smaller when Rs are in office, and workers don’t make more money when Ds are in office. There is no winner but them. What is their actual objective? Money. Just look, they don’t bother to hide it.
Good cop/bad cop and bait and switch, every term, every party, a perfect machine that is working exactly as designed.
Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
The good news is that there is a clear solution: Unionize and strike again.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You’re not wrong. Still, they’re going to shoot us, like they did before, but the strike will work, like it did before. It will still be worth it for our descendants. I don’t think we’re going to get to enjoy it personally. I also don’t care. We’re not really going to get anywhere good until the average person plants trees to make shade for future generations to enjoy.
To answer some potential questions, yes, I joined a union and pay dues, attend meetings, etc. Yes, I’ve protested with them. No, I haven’t striked yet, but I’m about there. I have a lot of respect for the work we do in our industry and I don’t like the idea of work stoppages. Nonetheless, ownership has made it pretty clear that any advances we make in efficiency will be distributed among themselves with no regard to our or anyone else’s quality of life.
Damage@feddit.it 1 day ago
The longer you wait, the more violence they will inflict