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."
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... 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.
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