• Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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    15 minutes ago

    Ha, Democrats hate unions, good luck.

    In the 1950s, union workers were almost 50% of the workforce.

    Today, they are 10% (mostly government employees, ironically). Democrats say that they are pro union, sure. Just like Republicans say that they are for smaller government.

    They’re bOtH lying. When Rs are in office, government still balloons; when Ds are in office, unions are still squashed.

  • Freeposity@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    If he and Jeffries end up in leadership, then that’s a slap in the face of the voters who are very clear about their desire for new leadership.

    They really do think the voters are stupid and they don’t have to justify their actions to us.

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      The voters and the millions of people specifically demanding that they step down. This is getting more attention than they’re used to and that’s a good thing. Even Jefferies is trying to make us think he actually wants to do something.

      Let’s make the demands much louder.

    • bedwyr@piefed.ca
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      3 hours ago

      It’s not that we are stupid, they know the ones that support them are stupid, or greedy, and the ones that vote for them as the safe choice are stupid.

      They know we are the smart ones, that’s why they sabotage us.

    • Jhex@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      second slap, they are already voting with Republicans to gift money and protection to big oil

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 hours ago

    Democrats and leadership have lost so much ground in unions. New leadership that actually respects workers not sucking off corporations is needed.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      Unions are like anything else democratic…

      When people feel like they don’t need to pay attention to leadership elections, shitty people get elected to leadership.

      At least the Machiniests seem to know what’s up.

      But don’t forget how many endorse Republicans and neoliberals to the determent of their members.

      • 🇨🇦GreenBeard🇨🇦@lemmy.ca
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        7 hours ago

        Because the institutions that are supposed to protect them have lost the trust of the people they’re supposed to be representing. Institutions live and die on trust. If we don’t figure out how to foster those relationships of trust at scale, people will continue to find a comfortable lie to live in.

  • lennybird@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Power is never ceded willingly. If we’ve already established that Schumer and Jeffries operate in bad faith a la Sinema and Fetterman, then the pressure must come from those newly elected reps and those on the ballot in 2028.

    It’s imperative that Democrats distance themselves from Israel as much as they can by '28, and that’s impossible if Schumer and Jeffries are still leading.

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    9 hours ago

    A democrat by any other name is still a democrat. People demanded Pelosi step down, so we got Pelosi in blackface. The oligarchy will always defend it’s existence