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Ronald Reagan touted himself as a Union President [Screen Actors Guild] in 1980. One of his first acts as President was the destroy a Union.
Fun fact or implication?
PATCO, the air traffic controllers Union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_(1968)
Uncertain.
One of Biden’s campaign promises was student loan forgiveness, and while we can thank Republicans for gutting it in its tracks, pursuit of it didn’t really happen until it was advantageous with election season.
Likewise, Biden was initially against the rail strike, but seeing as unions have become a voter issue, it’s important to clean that image.
I’m glad Biden is supporting the Auto workers strike. But I want to see that support continue after it’s politically advantageous before I conclude he’s had a change of heart.
https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid
“We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.
This was my understanding as well.
While I appreciate the change in tune, I’m certainly not taking this at face value after the rail strike.
He’s been supportive of this strike from the beginning and even became the first president to join a picket line when it started in September.
And how does that help the rail workers?
The rail workers appear to be helping themselves: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1155763336/freight-rail-workers-union-paid-sick-leave-bernie-sanders-csx
At almost a year later.
Yeah I mean that’s just virtue signaling
this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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