Seems like not *everyone* in the Teamsters agrees that the union should hitch its wagon to American fascism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/teamsters-sean-obrien-rnc-speech
"In a now deleted tweet, the Teamsters posted a response to O’Brien retweeting an op-ed by the Republican senator Josh Hawley, in which O’Brien wrote: “Hawley is 100% on point.”
The deleted social media post said: “Unions gain nothing from endorsing the racist, misogynistic, and anti-trans politics of the far right, no matter how much people like Sen Hawley attempt to tether such bigotry to a cynical pro-labor message.
“The message this sends to Teamsters of color, Teamster women, and LGBTQ Teamsters is that they are not welcome in the union unless they surrender their identity to a new kind of anti-woke unionism. You don’t unite a diverse working class by scoffing at its diversity.”
I'm not gonna lie, it did not all surprise me that when every single other union was speaking out against American fascism and the rich corporate nazis that support it, it was the Teamsters leadership who came out as fash-curious. But it's important to remember that a union is its members, not its leader.
Shoutout to the social media guy who posted that, and Sean O'Brien is a pigfucking nazi. That is all.
Teamsters social media attacks leader over Republican convention speech
Deleted post said, ‘unions gain nothing from endorsing the racist, misogynistic, and anti-trans politics of the far right’Michael Sainato (The Guardian)
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes
in reply to AnarchoNinaAnalyzes • • •Heyo, it seems like at least one member of the Democratic Party has good political instincts:
Greg Casar Says There's an Easy Way to Show Which Party Is More Pro-Worker
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pro-act
"Rep. Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat with a history of advocating for workers, called for holding a vote on the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act when his colleagues in Congress return to Capitol Hill next week.
"If Republicans wanna talk like they're pro-worker, then let's have a vote on the PRO Act next week," Casar said on social media. "Let's see which politicians are for unions and which ones are all talk. Dems are ready to vote, how about you guys?"
Introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the PRO Act "expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace." The vast majority of its co-sponsors are Democrats."
Not really
... Show more...Heyo, it seems like at least one member of the Democratic Party has good political instincts:
Greg Casar Says There's an Easy Way to Show Which Party Is More Pro-Worker
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pro-act
"Rep. Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat with a history of advocating for workers, called for holding a vote on the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act when his colleagues in Congress return to Capitol Hill next week.
"If Republicans wanna talk like they're pro-worker, then let's have a vote on the PRO Act next week," Casar said on social media. "Let's see which politicians are for unions and which ones are all talk. Dems are ready to vote, how about you guys?"
Introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the PRO Act "expands various labor protections related to employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace." The vast majority of its co-sponsors are Democrats."
Not really sure I want to wade into a debate about which (capitalist) party is "pro-worker" but I think it's pretty clear historically that fascists are ANTI union and organized labor, and so is the Republican Party to an overwhelming degree; which at this point is probably a distinction without a difference because the GOP is definitely fascist.
I would not at all object to Dems seizing on fash muppets like Mike Johnson and Josh Hawley patting themselves on the back for luring the Teamsters president to the RNC as part of a charade to pretend they're pro worker, to literally troll their way into passing the PRO Act and moderate labor reforms. I don't think the act goes nearly far enough of course, but I'm always in support of anything that improves life for American labor. Unions can always just take the breadcrumbs and continue fighting to snatch the whole sandwich. That's what "pragmatism" actually means to me - a member of the labor class.
#Labor #USPolitics #ProAct #Workers
Greg Casar Says There's an Easy Way to Show Which Party Is More Pro-Worker
jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)AnarchoNinaAnalyzes
in reply to AnarchoNinaAnalyzes • • •Of course, all of this faux populist posturing by the likes of Josh Hawley and recently minted GOP VP candidate JD Vance, patently ignores that part of Trump and the GOP's "Project 2025" revolves around basically eliminating unions; not that sellout Sean O'Brien seems to be aware of this:
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/07/project-2025-eliminate-unions
"Then Project 2025 foresees reclassifying thousands of civil service employees by executive order so they can be fired and replaced with the corporations’ loyal troops.
From there, the plan is to bulldoze the protections U.S. workers have built up over 100 years of determination, sacrifice, and unity.
It’s ugly: abolish overtime pay laws, outlaw public sector unions entirely, get rid of health and safety protections, eliminate the federal minimum wage by letting states set their own, make it harder to receive unemployment, put children back to work like in the 1920s."
... Show more...Of course, all of this faux populist posturing by the likes of Josh Hawley and recently minted GOP VP candidate JD Vance, patently ignores that part of Trump and the GOP's "Project 2025" revolves around basically eliminating unions; not that sellout Sean O'Brien seems to be aware of this:
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/07/project-2025-eliminate-unions
"Then Project 2025 foresees reclassifying thousands of civil service employees by executive order so they can be fired and replaced with the corporations’ loyal troops.
From there, the plan is to bulldoze the protections U.S. workers have built up over 100 years of determination, sacrifice, and unity.
It’s ugly: abolish overtime pay laws, outlaw public sector unions entirely, get rid of health and safety protections, eliminate the federal minimum wage by letting states set their own, make it harder to receive unemployment, put children back to work like in the 1920s."
As the author notes, many of the policies and plans put forth in Project 2025 are currently the law of the land in "Red" states like Florida, where these policies have *already* lead to the decertification of organized labor organizations in the state.
But again, don't tell Sean O'Brien and muppets falling for Josh Hawley's bullshit that, they're too busy riding the "vibes."
#USPolitics #Labor #Unions #Project2025
Project 2025: Eliminate Unions
Labor Notes