Re:Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues
by xtian on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @11:31AM
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“Politics” is simply the means by which we distribute power and resources. There is no division between labor organizing and politics. We just think there is in the US because worker movements have been systematically dismantled for decades.
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Re:Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues
by tomp on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @11:58AM
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I don't think that's what parent poster meant by "politics"...
Re:Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues
by rayiner on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @12:43PM
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Ironically, college-educated white collar workers (like those at Google) have sped that along by driving a wedge between economic liberals over social issues: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-won-in-two-dimensions...
When Amazon’s managers are Democrats you think any progress will get made on workers issues?
Re:Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues
by xtian on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @06:00PM
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I don’t think Democrats represent workers’ issues any more than Republicans if that’s what you’re asking. The point of labor organization is to enable workers to leverage their fundamental role in the mechanism of capitalism in order to make demands with teeth. That’s the only way to gain concessions from the establishment political parties.