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nasty little twerp with crazy bitter-man opinions
i mean...politicans are bad
“The labor movement has a powerful wind at its back. And we will carry this momentum into new organizing campaigns and our work in the 2020 elections.”
Just ahead of the 125th anniversary of the creation of Labor Day as a national holiday, a Gallup poll published Wednesday showed support for unions among the American public is at a near 50-year high despite the best efforts of corporations and right-wing politicians.
The Gallup survey found that 64 percent of Americans approve of unions, up 16 percent from 2009.
“The current 64 percent reading is one of the highest union approval ratings Gallup has recorded over the past 50 years,” the polling organization noted, “topped only in March 1999 (66 percent), August 1999 (65 percent), and August 2003 (65 percent) surveys.”
Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)—the largest union of public employees in the U.S.—said the poll shows that, in the realm of public sentiment, the labor movement has weathered “relentless anti-union attacks from wealthy corporations.”
“More and more people recognize that unions are a force for progress and national strength, improving the lives of all working families, and their communities,” said Saunders. “The labor movement has a powerful wind at its back. And we will carry this momentum into new organizing campaigns and our work in the 2020 elections.”
The survey comes after 2018 saw a record-breaking number of work stoppages as teachers, healthcare workers, and others walked off the job to protest poor benefits and low wages.
“The number of U.S. workers involved in a strike in 2018 was the highest since 1986,” Timereported in February.
The wave of collective action continued in 2019 as teachers across the nation—from Denver to Sacramento to West Virginia—struck to resist school privatization efforts and paltry salaries.
Gallup’s survey also comes as 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are battling for union support as the primary process continues to intensify.
As Common Dreams reported last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) unveiled a comprehensive plan to bolster workers’ rights and double union membership. Days after Sanders released his proposal, the 35,000-member United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) became the first national union to endorse the Vermont senator.
AFSCME said in a statement Wednesday that, with support for organized labor rising, “it’s more important than ever that our elected representatives give people more freedom to join unions.”
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Because judges are elected. If you're soft on crime then you don't get elected. Simple really. Same with Sheriffs.How on earth does any legal system justify life without parole for stealing $50 and yet let’s rich criminals who steal millions of dollars walk free? That’s not a “justice” system.
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Won't find me disagreeingi mean...politicans are bad
Are we are going to have a Chris Matthews shouty monologueTweet
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MSNBC is bad for your brain
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MAGA.Last month Chinese officials examined several Argentine soy meal companies ahead of the signing ceremony on Wednesday.
Argentina's Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that after two decades of discussions, the Asian giant will begin imports of soy meal in the near term.
The deciding factor for the landmark deal was the US-China trade war, which strengthened Argentina's hand after China halted all US agriculture product imports this summer, prompting China to source more agriculture products from South America.
"This is a historic agreement," Gustavo Idigoras, president of Argentina's CIARA-CEC chamber of grains exporting companies told Reuters, though he added the deal still required a two-step process of plant authorizations and then registrations that could take several more months.
Idigoras said, "shipments aren't expected to start immediately," but could start in the near term. China still has some bureaucratic bottlenecks before cargoes can set sail, he added.
In a separate report last month, China is preparing a bid that would allow it to dredge Argentina's Parana River, the country's only river that acts as a waterway for bulk vessels that transport soybean and corn from the Pampas farm belt to the South Atlantic.
An increased waterway would allow China to create a grain superhighway
in Argentina that would effectively be able to replace US farmers.
Argentina, already the top exporter of processed soy, is expected to export 26 million tons of soy meal this year worldwide, and 8.5 million tons of raw beans.
It is excellent and timely news. Argentina needs to add more value to its exports to China and the world," said Luis Zubizarreta, president of Argentina's ACSOJA soy industry organization that represents farmers.
Allowing China to buy from Argentine farmers would tremendously boost exports next year. China has come at the right time, considering profit margins have been falling, and idle capacity has increased to more than 50%.
China has been busy in South America. They've been building massive infrastructure projects across Argentina, from hydroelectric plants to railways.
Business-friendly President Mauricio Macri has said the new partnership with China would boost the country's agricultural sector and create enormous opportunities for farmers.
While boom times are here for Argentine farmers, a bust cycle is imminent for US farmers who are on the brink of collapse after being shut out of China thanks to President Trump's trade policies.
GOP are nothing if not brazen. It's asymmetrical politics: GOP lie, steal and cheat - their voters love it - the Dems dot an I incorrectly and are skewered by the right leaning (and often left leaning) press.Tweet
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How are Democrats so shit at politics that they constantly find themselves with their trousers round their ankles. They've interacted with the GOP before right?Tweet
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all the fault of those Mexicans coming across the river.Huge Blow To US Farmers: China Heads To Argentina For Soy Meal In Landmark Deal
MAGA.
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GOP are nothing if not brazen. It's asymmetrical politics: GOP lie, steal and cheat - their voters love it - the Dems dot an I incorrectly and are skewered by the right leaning (and often left leaning) press.
Trump et al invited the f'cking Taliban to Camp David the week of 9/11. If a dem had even thought about that they would no longer be in office.
It's very hard to battle against bad faith actors- which is the entire GOP and a large swathe of its voters. I don't know how democracy survives when voters would rather be lied to with something they want to hear than be told the truth. Maybe it doesn't.
I need to find a paper on this!
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From what I gather, the dems have known full well that they could call a surprise vote at any time, and so for months they have made sure enough Dems were always in attendance on any day they were in session, going to such lengths as to ask people to re-arrange their cancer treatment, etc.How are Democrats so shit at politics that they constantly find themselves with their trousers round their ankles. They've interacted with the GOP before right?
Yeah, I guess it has to be exhausting when your opponent is consistently so corrupt and underhand but they should never, ever, ever provide them with any opportunity to use their ample deceit to rack up such a legislative victory. Hopefully this shameful episode will echo through the next election but the gerrymandering bastards are already a minority party with a majority of seats (48% of the vote, 60% of the seats) so it'll probably require a landslide to end up with a majority of one.From what I gather, the dems have known full well that they could call a surprise vote at any time, and so for months they have made sure enough Dems were always in attendance on any day they were in session, going to such lengths as to ask people to re-arrange their cancer treatment, etc.
This Rep. speaker confirms there will be no votes on 9/11 memorial day so most dems go off attendeding other engagements. Republicans do turn up however and they call a vote.
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Er......guys didn't we make a movie about this.