Have these people forgotten Reagan already? He pretended to be on the side of unions, then gutted then union movement.
But that was the old republican party. This iteration is somehow different. /s
It is different... It's somehow drastically worse.
When Dick Chenny feels uncomfortable it really is bad.
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.
Maybe I'll have to give it a listen. Disgusted me to see Sean O'Brien up there.
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.
And yet “Biden was the most pro-union President in history” without those silly games
[Whoever] believes [any less than malicious thing said, belief espoused, or intention promised] by a Republican is getting played.
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.
I listened to an interview with someone who said that she thought this was a calculated move to play both sides to push Dems to deliver more. She said that he'd asked to speak for both parties and only the Repubs accepted him. Given that this was while Biden was still the candidate, I wouldn't be surprised if that's true.
"...are getting paid" ftfy
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.
I've yet to see the Republicans do anything but undermine the workerbase's rights. Especially every policy under the first trump admin. Of course unions need leadership and of course any leadership will always be dogged by corruption. This reeks of a betrayal. The only thing the GOP can trade behind closed doors is to not go to the extremes they have against workers. That brings us back to the status quo which is nonnegotiable.
Makes me sad to have been a teamster.
Fuck that twat.
UAW fired back by calling Trump the “mascot and lapdog” of billionaires.
Yeah I don't think he was under the impression they cared about unions. If they invite a union to talk why wouldn't they though? Get them pilled on pro union stuff and watch the fallout.
But then I also didn't watch the convention so I don't know how friendly his speech was.
Non-radical unions exist to play the working class.
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