cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21984384

By Simon J. Levien
Reporting from Erie, Pa.
Oct. 31, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET

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  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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    “Workers’ rights are on the table,” Mr. Sanders said. “That’s something I can’t sit out, so I will do everything I can to see that Trump is defeated and Harris is elected.”

    where on the table?

    the Democrats have failed to come out in defense of the workers with no living wages on the table nor universal healthcare

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      Can’t do anything without holding all 3 parts of government - including a filibuster proof majority in the senate.
      But yes, it would have been nice to see democrats speaking up about workers wages & universal healthcare. Loudly, broadly and repeatedly.

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      I mean the DOJ has been doing a good job during the Biden administration. To an extent there’s not much the government can actually do about low wages if I got my stuff right; it’s mostly workers’ organizations who can do something about that. Dems also don’t have the House or a filibuster proof majority in the Senate so I’m not sure what exactly you want them to do.

      I don’t like the Dems either, but they’re overall okay on workers’ rights (shutting down the rail strike was very much not okay, though).

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        shutting down the rail strike was not being overall okay on workers’ it was shitting all over them and the rest of the workers

        just because a Democrat is the offender does not make it better than if a Republican did it

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          shutting down the rail strike was not being overall okay on workers’ it was shitting all over them and the rest of the workers

          Definitely true. I acknowledged that as a black spot on his record, but that doesn’t change that he was generally pro-worker and pro-union.

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            Sick days were just one demand of many the unions wanted, and even then it fell short of what they had demanded. “We got them their demands later” is basically propaganda at this point.

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                One union did that. Many others didn’t.

                They also got them a historic pay raise and other concessions.

                Did he abolish the system that made accidents more likely and was the reason they striked in the first place?

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                  Does the president have unilateral authority to make laws? How do you expect him to abolish that system without Congressional action?

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      Right? The democracts need to stop being the “not as bad” party and start being the “actually good for people” party if they want people to vote for them.

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        So, you’ll not vote Democrat because they didn’t have enough seats to accomplish the goals you expect of them because they didn’t get enough votes in the midterms? Do you see the circular logic here?

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          not because of seats no

          Democrats will not even come out and publicly demand and shout for living wages, universal healthcare, or anything that citizens need other than some mumbling lip service that get maybe a minute of airtime

          the most heard from Democrats is ‘I am not Trump.’ and ‘You have to vote Democrat we are not Trump.’

          not voting for either party btw because not allowed to vote due to bipartisan politics taking my vote away