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Rome wasn't built in a day.

by dctoedt 4y ago

lapcat 4y ago
It's been 2 years. What does he expect to do for unions with a Republican-controlled House of Representatives?
- dctoedt 4y ago
  Just one example: "President Biden adopts steps for promoting union membership" — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/business/economy/biden-union-membership.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/business/economy/biden-un... The AFL-CIO had a laudatory summary of Biden's first year: https://aflcio.org/2022/1/21/working-people-respond-president-bidens-first-year-office https://aflcio.org/2022/1/21/working-people-respond-presiden... Excerpt: <QUOTE> - President Biden fired the anti-worker National Labor Relations Board general counsel and installed a pro-worker majority on the board. - Union member Marty Walsh (LIUNA) was appointed to serve as secretary of labor. - The Biden–Harris administration created the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. - President Biden used his bully pulpit to advance the causes of the labor movement, including calling for passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, supporting workers’ right to organize at Amazon and calling out Kellogg’s corporate greed during an active strike. </QUOTE> (Oh, and don't forget that the Senate has taken it upon itself to require 60 votes to pass most legislation, a.k.a. the filibuster rule.)
  - lapcat 4y ago
    > The AFL-CIO had a laudatory summary of Biden's first year Who can trust union leadership at this point? Leadership betrayed the rail workers. > supporting workers’ right to organize at Amazon https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/bernie-pressures-biden-on-amazon-unions-the-time-for-talk-is-over-00027872 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/bernie-pressures-bi... > the Senate has taken it upon itself to require 60 votes to pass most legislation Of course the Democrats always need an excuse to avoid doing things while they have power.
    - dctoedt 4y ago
      > Who can trust union leadership at this point? Leadership betrayed the rail workers. I can't find detailed statistics in a quick search (and am uninterested in spending more time), but it appears that overall the majority of rail union workers voted to approve the contract, and IIRC 8 out of 12 unions voted to ratify. [0] >> the Senate has taken it upon itself to require 60 votes to pass most legislation > Of course the Democrats always need an excuse to avoid doing things while they have power. I suppose Biden should have just broken out his Green Lantern power ring and willed ten or so recalcitrant Senate Republicans to support more pro-labor legislation in defiance of wealthy business-PAC donors and the MAGA base, which has never primaried a Republican officeholder who strayed from the party line by exercising independent judgment — oh, wait .... [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/21/rail-union-strike-white-house/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/21/rail-unio...
      - lapcat 4y ago
        > it appears that overall the majority of rail union workers voted to approve the contract Yes, this was actually discussed in the article: "In the BLET, the second-largest union involved in negotiations, members ratified a deal, but many members were unhappy with the outcome. In an interview, Hall said his election spoke to rank-and-file frustrations that leadership failed to listen to the membership throughout the negotiations." > I suppose Biden should have just broken out his Green Lantern power ring and willed ten or so recalcitrant Senate Republicans to support more pro-labor legislation This completely missed my point, which is that the filibuster can be abolished at any time. It's a self-imposed constraint. The ultimate irony is that the filibuster can be abolished with a simple majority vote. It's just a stupid senate rule.
        dctoedt 4y ago
        Ah, you’re right, I forgot that Biden would need his Harry Potter wand to get Manchin and Sinema to agree to ditch the filibuster.
        4y ago

Rome wasn't built in a day.

lapcat 4y ago

It's been 2 years. What does he expect to do for unions with a Republican-controlled House of Representatives?

dctoedt 4y ago
Just one example: "President Biden adopts steps for promoting union membership" — https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/business/economy/biden-union-membership.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/business/economy/biden-un... The AFL-CIO had a laudatory summary of Biden's first year: https://aflcio.org/2022/1/21/working-people-respond-president-bidens-first-year-office https://aflcio.org/2022/1/21/working-people-respond-presiden... Excerpt: <QUOTE> - President Biden fired the anti-worker National Labor Relations Board general counsel and installed a pro-worker majority on the board. - Union member Marty Walsh (LIUNA) was appointed to serve as secretary of labor. - The Biden–Harris administration created the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. - President Biden used his bully pulpit to advance the causes of the labor movement, including calling for passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, supporting workers’ right to organize at Amazon and calling out Kellogg’s corporate greed during an active strike. </QUOTE> (Oh, and don't forget that the Senate has taken it upon itself to require 60 votes to pass most legislation, a.k.a. the filibuster rule.)
- lapcat 4y ago
  > The AFL-CIO had a laudatory summary of Biden's first year Who can trust union leadership at this point? Leadership betrayed the rail workers. > supporting workers’ right to organize at Amazon https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/bernie-pressures-biden-on-amazon-unions-the-time-for-talk-is-over-00027872 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/bernie-pressures-bi... > the Senate has taken it upon itself to require 60 votes to pass most legislation Of course the Democrats always need an excuse to avoid doing things while they have power.
  - dctoedt 4y ago
    > Who can trust union leadership at this point? Leadership betrayed the rail workers. I can't find detailed statistics in a quick search (and am uninterested in spending more time), but it appears that overall the majority of rail union workers voted to approve the contract, and IIRC 8 out of 12 unions voted to ratify. [0] >> the Senate has taken it upon itself to require 60 votes to pass most legislation > Of course the Democrats always need an excuse to avoid doing things while they have power. I suppose Biden should have just broken out his Green Lantern power ring and willed ten or so recalcitrant Senate Republicans to support more pro-labor legislation in defiance of wealthy business-PAC donors and the MAGA base, which has never primaried a Republican officeholder who strayed from the party line by exercising independent judgment — oh, wait .... [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/21/rail-union-strike-white-house/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/11/21/rail-unio...
    - lapcat 4y ago
      > it appears that overall the majority of rail union workers voted to approve the contract Yes, this was actually discussed in the article: "In the BLET, the second-largest union involved in negotiations, members ratified a deal, but many members were unhappy with the outcome. In an interview, Hall said his election spoke to rank-and-file frustrations that leadership failed to listen to the membership throughout the negotiations." > I suppose Biden should have just broken out his Green Lantern power ring and willed ten or so recalcitrant Senate Republicans to support more pro-labor legislation This completely missed my point, which is that the filibuster can be abolished at any time. It's a self-imposed constraint. The ultimate irony is that the filibuster can be abolished with a simple majority vote. It's just a stupid senate rule.
      - dctoedt 4y ago
        Ah, you’re right, I forgot that Biden would need his Harry Potter wand to get Manchin and Sinema to agree to ditch the filibuster.
        4y ago