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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

It can be both - Biden admin has objectively done more for workers than most American presidents AND it's still not enough. Acknowledge both in criticism. Look at the auto workers Union president and see the more balanced approach there - hold his feet to the fire and reserve your endorsement, make them take some action to earn the endorsement, then don't take the pressure off after giving it.

This just feels like anti labor press working to divide people that are overwhelmingly on the same side. Smalls isn't trained for this work, he's organically found himself in this position and he motivates people which is good, but it will always be easy for the machine to use his words against him as he's not the classic polished, careful representative typically in that spot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

the image preview looks ... German

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Feels very intentional

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

By design probably. Most news outlets in America are for spreading misinformation in subtle ways. The true enemy of the people are the rich regardless of their skin tone. They want us to hate each other for our sex our race etc etc but once everyone realizes the ones with the money are the problem then, just maybe...we can win.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

While I agree that Biden isn’t really helping labor out, Smalls has been a disappointment in how he runs the union he helped start.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How? Remember when he was there with Sean Fein and the UAW?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Read the article, it links to another explaining Chris small’s own union complaining about his refusal to hold elections, they’ve asked a judge to force an election because Chris smalls refuses to do so after changing the union charter without a vote…

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

Another union instantly has the same old problems but the left refuses to even consider the possibly of finding a better solution and instead gets mad at anyone who suggests it.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago

They tried to get a minimum wage increase out, it ended with this

[–] [email protected] 61 points 8 months ago (2 children)

“I met Joe Biden,” Smalls said, referring to the 2022 meeting where the president referred to him as “my kind of trouble.”

Smalls was less enthusiastic. “I met [Biden], I met a lot of these politicians that we thought would be looking out for the working class. And y’all — there ain’t no cavalry coming. I met with Joe Biden for an hour, and I don’t remember the conversation — it was that bad. When I left the White House, I felt empty.”

Six months after that meeting, Amazon secured an $8 billion loan from the federal government. “And that just told me right there that, once again, if we don’t organize, nothing’s going to be given to us. Nobody’s going to be held accountable,” Smalls said.

“So it’s a must. It’s our duty. Because we’re at a point of no return. We have to organize ourselves. Because no amount of money in the world can stop the power of people when we come together.”

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also why in the hell is a giant corporation like Amazon, with pockets do deep they exceed the GDP of many countries, getting a loan from the federal government. Make it make sense.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That part seems wrong. Amazon has to announce stuff like that. SEC filing on the loan has a list of all the lenders and none of them are the government.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000119312523000849/d429499dex101.htm

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Maybe what they meant was that it's one of those things the government had to approve, similar to when big companies merge and the SEC has to weigh in first. Just a guess.