If memory serves, the votes were not there for the sick days in the Senate mostly due to Republican opposition. Labor people who ignore that would be as foolish as those who voted for Trump (and there were a lot of them) in 2016 on the theory he was going to bring more jobs to the country. I agree with you that the lack of sick days and the scheduling generally in the railroads is appalling but I can't help but observe that the Democrats don't have the Congressional majorities to change that. Biden can't do it without Congressional authorization.
Labor, like everyone else, has got to assess the likelihood of favorable policies from candidates based on objective analyses instead of hype. Anyone who believes Republicans will do more, indeed anything, for labor, than Democrats has got to be blind, deaf, and mentally challenged. Hawley ain't bringing any of his party compatriots with him if indeed he were serious which, of course, he's not. I can't believe you're seriously advocating labor voting Republican or believing a word Hawley says. Vote in real Democratic majorities, giving them a reason to take you seriously (which hasn't happened for years!) and if they don't come through do something different, but we're a very long way from that situation. The most recent Republican legislative acts on labor are the Taft/Hartley Act and right to work laws in individual states. There's a real pro labor record!
Nicely curated. Comments are also engaging on this one. For the record, related to getting your disastrous manapua smell out of the apartment, it's lemons or oranges everywhere, or a certain Angry Citrus spray that may, if requested, be acquired in barter for the recent emergency delivery service.
If memory serves, the votes were not there for the sick days in the Senate mostly due to Republican opposition. Labor people who ignore that would be as foolish as those who voted for Trump (and there were a lot of them) in 2016 on the theory he was going to bring more jobs to the country. I agree with you that the lack of sick days and the scheduling generally in the railroads is appalling but I can't help but observe that the Democrats don't have the Congressional majorities to change that. Biden can't do it without Congressional authorization.
Labor, like everyone else, has got to assess the likelihood of favorable policies from candidates based on objective analyses instead of hype. Anyone who believes Republicans will do more, indeed anything, for labor, than Democrats has got to be blind, deaf, and mentally challenged. Hawley ain't bringing any of his party compatriots with him if indeed he were serious which, of course, he's not. I can't believe you're seriously advocating labor voting Republican or believing a word Hawley says. Vote in real Democratic majorities, giving them a reason to take you seriously (which hasn't happened for years!) and if they don't come through do something different, but we're a very long way from that situation. The most recent Republican legislative acts on labor are the Taft/Hartley Act and right to work laws in individual states. There's a real pro labor record!
Yes, and I'm saying if they do, they're suckers!
Nicely curated. Comments are also engaging on this one. For the record, related to getting your disastrous manapua smell out of the apartment, it's lemons or oranges everywhere, or a certain Angry Citrus spray that may, if requested, be acquired in barter for the recent emergency delivery service.