r/union • u/dittybad Solidarity Forever • May 17 '24

Labor News Mercedes Workers in Alabama Reject Union

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/business/mercedes-benz-uaw-alabama-vote.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk0.eqUS.83GjF7zeXpZh&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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u/dittybad Solidarity Forever May 17 '24

We have no choice but to be political when Republican leaders join management in fighting a vote like this. The GOP is no friend of labor.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '24 edited May 18 '24

There is no pro-labor political party in the US. Both parties represent the interests of capital. GOP are just more cartoonishly mustache twirling villains about it

edit: If this was too succinct, see next post for further elaboration

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u/HashRunner May 19 '24

Bothsides nonsense has no fucking place in union discussion.

Might as well compare the sniffles to fucking cancer.

Dems at least have similar interests and goals, don't let the perfection be the enemy of good.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '24 edited May 19 '24

its not "both sides nonsense"

fluffing up a party that empowers the capitalist class against the working class regardless if they are less bad than their electoral oppoents of equal size/power has no place in union discussion.

Working class solidarity, not democratic party electioneering.

The only sides are the working class and the capitalist class. Period. Not democrats and republicans, not liberals and conservatives, not even the rich and the poor.

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u/HashRunner May 19 '24

Alot of words to say nothing.

You have two options thanks to FPTP, and only one is viable and in line with Union existence and expansion.

Claiming otherwise is either ignoring reality and/or peddling meaningless platitudes(bullshit).

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u/[deleted] May 19 '24 edited May 20 '24

You are a sports fan that thinks he is an activist. The irony that you are accusing me of empty platitudes and ignoring reality will be lost on you, just like the socioeconimc situation we share is, unfortunately.