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Ken Burch

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20. Then we need to make it clear we support the GROWTH of the labor movement.
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:31 AM
Jun 2016

We need to put "card-check" back on the agenda, need to make it much, much easier for people to join unions(the AFL-CIO has estimated there are 70 million people in this country who would like to join a union).

It only serves conservatism for Democrats as a party to be indifferent to the need for unions.

because the DNC is corporate owned and does not want to hear the peoples voice swhisper1 Jun 2016 #1
Question: How much UNION representation is needed? Hortensis Jun 2016 #44
Labor and workers rights have been systematically destroyed (and teachers) swhisper1 Jun 2016 #57
Yes, but that doesn't answer the question of Hortensis Jun 2016 #66
I agree, I do not know what is appropriate. I know what is not appropriate swhisper1 Jun 2016 #69
Oh, I can. Remember, it was the American PEOPLE Hortensis Jun 2016 #70
I think the happy medium may be co-ops, which are internal unions swhisper1 Jun 2016 #78
This place begins to sound more and more like Fox News...so now we are against Unions? insta8er Jun 2016 #79
no, I didnt say that. I want to save them. Corruption does exist in any large body swhisper1 Jun 2016 #80
I really like coops as yet another answer, not the only one. Hortensis Jun 2016 #81
Too many union people will make the lobbyists uncomfortable! n/t QC Jun 2016 #2
Because they stopped reliably voting for us in the 1980s Recursion Jun 2016 #3
this is true Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #5
so you're admitting that the much ballyhoo'd union endorsements Hillary received were only azurnoir Jun 2016 #8
I never claimed otherwise (you may be mistaking me for a Clinton supporter?) Recursion Jun 2016 #10
as to the Teamsters and Reagan if memory serves they cut a deal with him wherein he deregulated the azurnoir Jun 2016 #14
The strike was the reason I mentioned PATCO Recursion Jun 2016 #27
I do not think the Teamsters would undercut themselves by doing that wallyworld2 Jun 2016 #48
So...they have to start voting Democratic again without getting a say... Ken Burch Jun 2016 #11
I'm not sure there are enough union voters left for it to matter Recursion Jun 2016 #13
Then we need to make it clear we support the GROWTH of the labor movement. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #20
I care about workers; unions are a tool for improving their conditions Recursion Jun 2016 #29
Those two-tier contracts are the product of the weakening of unions. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #30
because Hillary's people Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #4
so Dana Vickers Shelley was lying when she said only one labor group allowed? ? azurnoir Jun 2016 #9
As was discussed a couple weeks ago, when this was posted numerous times, both Sanders and Clinton SFnomad Jun 2016 #6
Why should there only be ONE "labor union rep" on the full committee. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #21
Organized labor is less than 10% of the population Recursion Jun 2016 #36
But isn't that a self-creating problem? Scootaloo Jun 2016 #77
Aren't most GE's won by less than 10%? EndElectoral Jun 2016 #89
no, that is not what I said Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #47
That's not what happened SFnomad Jun 2016 #62
It is not like Labor has somewhere else to go. Downwinder Jun 2016 #7
Keep saying that... Ken Burch Jun 2016 #12
Hope so. I go with them. Downwinder Jun 2016 #23
The Democratic Party is not a labor party tralala Jun 2016 #15
well in my state the Democratic party is the DFL Democratic Farmer Labor azurnoir Jun 2016 #18
Totally agree. jwirr Jun 2016 #73
Because the democratic party doesn't care about labor. Labor gets in the way of the lobbyists. jillan Jun 2016 #16
They excluded Rose Ann DeMoro, the President of the Nurses Union and his super-PAC Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #17
they said only 1 labor group, moreover it seems rather vindictive of the DNC to go back 16 years azurnoir Jun 2016 #19
So, if you supported Nader, you can expect to be blacklisted unto your tenth generation? Ken Burch Jun 2016 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author tralala Jun 2016 #24
I think former Nader voters switch long ago Nader hasn't run in 16 years azurnoir Jun 2016 #25
If you supported Nader, you really should not be drafting anything for Democrats. Nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #31
Even though that was sixteen years ago and this person has been back in the party for ages? Ken Burch Jun 2016 #32
No one caused Nader's run but his egotism. That you do not see the sheer opportunism msanthrope Jun 2016 #51
It serves no purpose to pretend it was that simple. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #82
That's ridiculous. Nader's positions are in line with the roots of the Democratic Party. cui bono Jun 2016 #34
His union busting activities are not in line with us. Nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #49
No, that would not be. Neither are the Clinton's. cui bono Jun 2016 #75
To reach back 16 years seems a bit vindictive IMO azurnoir Jun 2016 #35
It's smart. People who fell for Nader have no business leading Democrats. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #50
Nor do people who support the TPP, private prisons, compromising a woman's right cui bono Jun 2016 #76
The NNU are good people. Ash_F Jun 2016 #41
No....they aren't. The Green/Republican alliance in PA proved that. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #52
... Ash_F Jun 2016 #72
Welcome to DU Fumesucker Jun 2016 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author tralala Jun 2016 #28
Because labor represents workers and the DNC represents management. senz Jun 2016 #26
Bingo! Juicy_Bellows Jun 2016 #37
Because Bill Clinton sold labor out when he embraced the DLC and corporate money. cui bono Jun 2016 #33
+ a gazillion. nt Live and Learn Jun 2016 #64
Truer words were never spoken. Thank you. Just think about jwirr Jun 2016 #74
The political party that labor built is no longer representing labor. My dad is rolling over B Calm Jun 2016 #38
I second that as a life member of CWA! dmosh42 Jun 2016 #54
In retrospect the eventual course of labor in America was set by the Hardhat Riot Fumesucker Jun 2016 #40
We're not about working people anymore. Now it telecomm, insurance and payday loan corporations. Scuba Jun 2016 #42
if we ever address infrastructure, labor will experiencing a boom swhisper1 Jun 2016 #59
If giving monopolies to telecomms is "addressing infrastructure" we're doing a great job! Scuba Jun 2016 #63
I'm completely against monopolys- another flaw in Clintons administration swhisper1 Jun 2016 #65
Sorry, my cynicism meter has been redlined for a couple weeks now. Scuba Jun 2016 #67
I'm afraid you are not alone swhisper1 Jun 2016 #68
Bernie got four terrible picks that could have gone to labor. Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #43
they told him what he could not pick, labor being one, please keep up swhisper1 Jun 2016 #60
Labor had already been picked and is represented as I posted in another post. nt Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #85
The DNC allowed West and rejected the head of the nurses union-why would they do that? azurnoir Jun 2016 #71
Union leadership is represented on the full platform committee...this is the reason Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #84
The Democratic Party began abandoning labor in the 70's. Beowulf Jun 2016 #45
This. n/t ms liberty Jun 2016 #55
Because neo-liberals don't represent labor. nt LWolf Jun 2016 #46
By their trade deals they have lost a lot of union support EndElectoral Jun 2016 #90
They're only confirming in THIS convention what they started to do in the 1980s... MrMickeysMom Jun 2016 #53
The establishment Democratic Party threw unions under the bus long ago. 99Forever Jun 2016 #56
Because 1-percent own half the country. Octafish Jun 2016 #58
OMG People, Please WAKE UP! n/t ChiciB1 Jun 2016 #61
If you are going that route than another question to ask is why each state LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #83
seems a big deal that the Communication Workers of America now support Hillary azurnoir Jun 2016 #86
Because Labor is an impediment to corporate profit ibegurpard Jun 2016 #87
Unions created the middle class in this country AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #88
Interesting that the AFL-CIO endorsement of Clinton is being so strongly touted azurnoir Jun 2016 #91
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