• @CosmicTurtle
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    -111 year ago

    Yeah…

    Biden isn’t pro union. He’s pro-re-election.

    I’m glad he’s going out there to support the workers. But let’s not look past the fact that Biden forced the rail union to get fucked in the ass.

    • Cethin
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      261 year ago

      I’m totally OK with pro-re-election as long as he sees the direction the winds are blowing. They aren’t blowing towards conservatism or neo-liberal economic policy, even if that’s where he stands. Meanwhile most of the republican candidates in the primary are saying how greedy the workers are… I’ll take Biden. He’s not my first choice, and I don’t even like his political position on almost anything, but he is doing far better than I expected.

      • GodlessCommie
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        -161 year ago

        The day after the general election the direction of those winds will change, they always do

        • Cethin
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          141 year ago

          I doubt it. Biden is nothing if not a party man. I’m certain he wants his legacy to be that he brought the democratic party into new strength. He’ll accomplish that by pushing for more progressive policy that actually helps people. Will he fully go against corporate interest over people? Of course not. He won’t be as bad as you’re implying though.

          • GodlessCommie
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            -81 year ago

            He’s doing the same thing Obama did in his third year, sounding progressive as hell with lots of populous talk, gets reelected and turns full on corporate owned neolib.

    • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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      1 year ago

      Biden was pushing for unions before the current pro-union zeitgeist bubbled up, which I think started with the first Starbucks successfully unionizing at the end of 2022. The CHIPS act and IRA both required recipients to employ unionized labor.

      • @clanginator
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        31 year ago

        First Starbucks unionization in that movement was Dec 2021, not end of 2022.