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Trump launches war on unionsLabor leaders said after the election theyd give him a chance to deliver on his pro-worker agenda. But the ceasefire appears over.
By TED HESSON 12/08/16 05:24 PM EST Updated 12/08/16 05:56 PM EST
The war between Donald Trump and the nations labor unions is on.
Labor leaders, who spent almost $100 million campaigning against Trump, said after the election theyd give him a chance to deliver on his pro-worker agenda. But the cease-fire eroded in the last two days.
First, Trump blasted an Indiana union boss personally on Twitter, prompting a blistering response from labor leaders. Then he announced his choice for secretary of the Department of Labor is fast-food executive Andrew Puzder, a union critic whos even floated the idea of automating his restaurants to avoid worker costs.
Its part of a larger agenda, and you can see it playing out in terms of his picks, which is to destroy the labor movement, said RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United. They want to do away with democracy. Thats the problem. Labor is a check on the balance of power with corporations and they want labor out of the way.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-unions-war-232382
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Trump launches war on unions (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Dec 2016
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spanone
(135,791 posts)1. he's launched a war on humanity.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)2. Predictable, but predictably terrible
The plutocracies goal is to have all power in the hands of the business elites. Unions are a challenge to that; so unions have to go.
Bryant
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. But..but...
god emperor Orange Hitler is a champion of the working class!!
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)4. Our piggie Walker giving him pointers
I am sure. How Walker stood up to bad teachers and bad unions. Yup, we have been thru it for 6 years, get ready USA.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)5. Adolph, is that you disguised as Donald? nt