Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again
Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again
Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.
Summary
Democrats must reclaim their identity as the party of the working class to regain electoral strength.
Despite pro-labor policies under Biden, working-class voters feel disconnected, seeing Democrats as defenders of a failing system.
The party’s decline traces back to NAFTA and neoliberal economic policies that favored corporations over workers.
A generational effort to prioritize labor rights, fair wages, and economic security while addressing working-class frustrations are needed.
Without serious reform, Democrats will continue losing ground to populist alternatives.
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biden was the most pro labor president in my lifetime.
Ain't saying much.
And even he fucked over railroad workers when they striked.
Why does this keep getting repeated? It’s not true.
Here’s a fun game: go look it up and bring back sources. You’ll be surprised what you find.
Edit: Y’all need to learn to not stop your research in 2022.
Is Wikipedia lying too?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_railroad_labor_dispute
In September 2022, U.S. Senators Richard Burr and Roger Wicker introduced a bill that would have required labor unions to agree to the terms proposed by the Presidential Emergency Board, to prevent a strike.[18] It was blocked by Senator Bernie Sanders, who noted that freight rail workers receive a "grand total of zero sick days" while railroad companies made significant profits.[19] In the House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, "We’d rather see negotiations prevail so there’s no need for any actions from Congress."[16]
In late November, after some unions had rejected the agreement, Biden asked Congress to pass the agreement into law. On November 30, the House of Representatives passed the existing tentative agreement along with an amended version that would require railroad employers to ensure 7 days paid sick leave.[20] On December 1, the Senate passed the tentative agreement with only 1 day of sick leave.[21] President Joe Biden signed the legislation into law on December 2.[4] Writing for Jacobin, Barry Eidlin, associate professor of sociology at McGill University, said the message sent to the rail workers by the president and Congress was "shut up and get back to work."[22] The Biden administration's intervention in the dispute was condemned by over 500 labor historians in an open letter to Joe Biden and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.[23]
No. But a lot happened after 2022. This is not the slam dunk you think it is.
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Rail union presidents praise worker solidarity and Team Biden for historic tentative agreement
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IBEW Thanks President Biden for Intervention on Behalf of Railroad Workers
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You also need to look at stuff after 2022 because your info is dated: “We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.”.
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And here’s one from 2024: Rail unions hail Biden’s two-person crew mandate
Man look at all that screwing over eh?
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Apparently your use of Google is very selective.
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Rail union presidents praise worker solidarity and Team Biden for historic tentative agreement
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IBEW Thanks President Biden for Intervention on Behalf of Railroad Workers
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You also need to look at stuff after 2022 because your info is dated: “We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.”.
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And here’s one from 2024: Rail unions hail Biden’s two-person crew mandate
Doesn’t look like “fucked over” to me
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No he didn't.
You're leaving out half of the story.
He ended the railroad strike, but worked and got all their demands met. He was very effective handling that.
Nope, they didn't get sick leave: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-signs-bill-block-us-railroad-strike-2022-12-02/
And the gains they did receive they credited to
Drumroll
Bernie "Not A Democrat and Not A Liberal Because He's Literally A Socialist" Sanders.
Hey look at this other article from the same source a few months later: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/most-unionized-us-rail-workers-now-have-new-sick-leave-2023-06-05/
And also this one from the guv'ment: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-calls-class-i-freight-railroads-guarantee-paid-sick-leave
ive apparently blocked whoever youre replying to so they're probably arguing in bad faith.
Claiming to be pro labor starts at livable wages.