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Pro-trump, pro-labor rally? Huh? (Original Post) El Mimbreno Sep 2017 OP
You would be surprised how many union people are Republicans. doc03 Sep 2017 #1
I've had mixed experiences with unions El Mimbreno Sep 2017 #2
You'd be surprised how few unions are out there leftstreet Sep 2017 #3
It doesn't say 'unions' it says 'laborers'. Today, many "laborers" are immigrants. SharonClark Sep 2017 #4

doc03

(35,148 posts)
1. You would be surprised how many union people are Republicans.
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 11:00 AM
Sep 2017

A downside in the success the unions had in getting good wages and benefits for workers was
many turned into Republicans and the leaders became the 1%..

El Mimbreno

(777 posts)
2. I've had mixed experiences with unions
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 11:20 AM
Sep 2017

from both sides. Some cases where the workers really controlled the union, and a couple where the union leaders were out to line their own pockets. Kinda like politics.

leftstreet

(36,078 posts)
3. You'd be surprised how few unions are out there
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 11:23 AM
Sep 2017

When union membership was at its height it skewed left

NM, where Trump's "labor" rally is being held, has less than 4% union membership

SharonClark

(10,005 posts)
4. It doesn't say 'unions' it says 'laborers'. Today, many "laborers" are immigrants.
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 11:35 AM
Sep 2017

This will be a major fail.

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