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>The timing is interesting. Usually strikes happen only as negotiations break down after existing contracts expire, but this is clearly going to affect the elec
by shiroiushi 2y ago
>The timing is interesting. Usually strikes happen only as negotiations break down after existing contracts expire, but this is clearly going to affect the election.
Yep, it looks like it'll help Trump get elected, and he'll probably do exactly the same thing with these union workers that Reagan did when the air traffic controllers went on strike (he fired them all).
- archgoon 2y agoTrump is notoriously transactional. If the unions continue to play ball, he might apply leverage in their favor.
- npongratz 2y ago> Yep, it looks like it'll help Trump get elected, and he'll probably do exactly the same thing with these union workers that Reagan did when the air traffic controllers went on strike (he fired them all). Reagan fired federal employees. Are the striking dockworkers employees of the US federal government?
- shiroiushi 2y agoNo, and they don't have to be. Trump can just call in the military to force them to go back to work at gunpoint. You really think Trump worries about following the rule of law?