“How would [the President literally joining the picket line] help? What’s the hypothesis about whether that would increase the likelihood of getting to a deal?” said Seth Harris, the former deputy assistant to Biden for Labor and deputy director of his National Economic Council.
i mean, a sitting president joining a picket line and vocally supporting a strike action might apply pressure to management to come to a deal sooner. though, that would probably mean the terms would be better for labor, which is absolutely something i would expect a Biden gremlin to find unacceptable.
no, the best thing here is to completely ignore any worker action, bury any coverage, and pretend like they aren’t happening so nobody else gets any ideas.
the best thing here is to completely ignore any worker action, bury any coverage, and pretend like they aren’t happening so nobody else gets any ideas.
Well of course, everyone knows that leadership and public pressure and perception are actually completely untethered from labor action. Strikes and picketing are just games of chance workers sometimes like to play. 🙄
Back in 2007, in the heat of the 2008 primary campaign (when many unions backed Hillary Clinton), Barack Obama promised a crowd in South Carolina:
“If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I’m in the White House, I’ll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself. I’ll walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America.”
i mean, a sitting president joining a picket line and vocally supporting a strike action might apply pressure to management to come to a deal sooner. though, that would probably mean the terms would be better for labor, which is absolutely something i would expect a Biden gremlin to find unacceptable.
no, the best thing here is to completely ignore any worker action, bury any coverage, and pretend like they aren’t happening so nobody else gets any ideas.
Ignore? I think you mean “declare it illegal” 😎😎😎
Well of course, everyone knows that leadership and public pressure and perception are actually completely untethered from labor action. Strikes and picketing are just games of chance workers sometimes like to play. 🙄
“Most pro Labor president in history!!!”
How are some people confused about why I hate Biden?