Just because union members aren't feeling cozy towards the DNC (funny how the same issue keeps coming up- DNC losing votes from groups they think "owe" them fealty then using the loss as a justification for moving ever rightward). I understand people who argue about the extreme difficulty a third party faces but I also don't know how many more times most voters who would be happy to stay Democrats if the Democrats actually worked on more progressive and pro-worker, pro-egalitarian issues instead of whatever their lobbyists pay them to do.
Great piece Joe, actively motivated me to look up my local teamsters! Cynically, I think there are more dubious reasons for why SoB would align more with the right, but I have no proof so I won’t accuse. Just hope this is a blip of questionable leadership, not a trend.
This is why union politics needs to be based on democratic collective structures of dialogue. That QR code would have been a mixture of right-wing organising and disenfranchised members throwing some sand in the gears of the international.
“which is a Republican who votes for corporate interests but pretends to be sad about it afterwards.”
Brilliant.
He has the same complex as the Sillicon Valley guys. “The Republicans make ME feel special. Who cares about everyone else?”
Just because union members aren't feeling cozy towards the DNC (funny how the same issue keeps coming up- DNC losing votes from groups they think "owe" them fealty then using the loss as a justification for moving ever rightward). I understand people who argue about the extreme difficulty a third party faces but I also don't know how many more times most voters who would be happy to stay Democrats if the Democrats actually worked on more progressive and pro-worker, pro-egalitarian issues instead of whatever their lobbyists pay them to do.
Great piece Joe, actively motivated me to look up my local teamsters! Cynically, I think there are more dubious reasons for why SoB would align more with the right, but I have no proof so I won’t accuse. Just hope this is a blip of questionable leadership, not a trend.
Question: can Teamsters members oust him? Is it an elected position?
This is why union politics needs to be based on democratic collective structures of dialogue. That QR code would have been a mixture of right-wing organising and disenfranchised members throwing some sand in the gears of the international.
I had bought the idea that the working class was moving to the right.
Thank you for showing me that was wrong.