Teamsters President Sean O'Brian backs potential Trump labor secretary representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Democrats need to start making clear to the Teamsters, the firefighters, and other unions that if they're going to be bipartisan, Democrats will no longer be killing themselves to protect union interests.
Teamsters President Sean O'Brian backs potential Trump labor secretary representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Democrats need to start making clear to the Teamsters, the firefighters, and other unions that if they're going to be bipartisan, Democrats will no longer be killing themselves to protect union interests.
How are Democrats тАЬkilling themselves to protect union interestsтАЭ? We naturally support unions because they make life better for workers across the country. It would be nice if the Teamsters supported us more, but weтАЩre going to back them and other unions regardless because we actually care about making things better.
Most union members out there aren't in the republican leaning ones today. Nurses, teachers, municipal workers are the new main part of union membership. Those groups do help democrats; we'd only be punishing ourselves if we stopped protecting unions.
There really isn't much of a market for a left-of-center version of Trump-style transactional politics within the Democratic Party. You're not going to hear AOC, for example, call for busting labor unions that she doesn't agree with, for example.
AOC shows she's being inclusive, which is a trait many liberals possess, and she's listening to those who aren't unanimously with Democrats. If unions are being more receptive to Trump's agenda, it's important to listen rather than be petty.
Teamsters President Sean O'Brian backs potential Trump labor secretary representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Democrats need to start making clear to the Teamsters, the firefighters, and other unions that if they're going to be bipartisan, Democrats will no longer be killing themselves to protect union interests.
Great. Not only betray one of the principles of your party but also cut off your nose to spite your face because of what two or three unions do.
How are Democrats тАЬkilling themselves to protect union interestsтАЭ? We naturally support unions because they make life better for workers across the country. It would be nice if the Teamsters supported us more, but weтАЩre going to back them and other unions regardless because we actually care about making things better.
The Teamsters have a long history with Republicans; the Democratic party should do the opposite of what the original poster advises
We donтАЩt actually support unions very well anyway. Better than the GOP is a low bar.
In what way could we be significantly be supporting unions better?
Raise the minimum wage; ban sub-minimum wage for waiters etc?
Those aren't issues that unions care that much about.
And we also support raising the minimum wage.
Unionized restaurant workers donтАЩt care about having to accept sub-minimum wage from employers that "expect" tips to make up the difference??
nonsense
Most union members out there aren't in the republican leaning ones today. Nurses, teachers, municipal workers are the new main part of union membership. Those groups do help democrats; we'd only be punishing ourselves if we stopped protecting unions.
There really isn't much of a market for a left-of-center version of Trump-style transactional politics within the Democratic Party. You're not going to hear AOC, for example, call for busting labor unions that she doesn't agree with, for example.
AOC shows she's being inclusive, which is a trait many liberals possess, and she's listening to those who aren't unanimously with Democrats. If unions are being more receptive to Trump's agenda, it's important to listen rather than be petty.