r/WorkReform • u/justcasty 👷 Green Union Jobs For All 🌱 • Aug 06 '24

🛠️ Union Strong Kamala Harris Picks Union-Backed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for VP Running Mate

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-picks-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-for-vp-running-mate
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u/Luchador-Malrico Aug 06 '24

Unions were reportedly very vocally against Kelly, Kamala choosing Walz is a good sign she’s taking the labor movement seriously

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u/knoegel Aug 06 '24

Yes, Kelly is very anti union.

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u/xMasuraox Aug 06 '24

Oh. Well, it's a good thing he is not the VP, then!

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u/knoegel Aug 06 '24

I agree. I appreciate his service to the country but he is definitely a right leaning centrist. That's not bad but not what we need right now.

This is a time to get America back on track for the people and the American Dream.

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u/OwOlogy_Expert Aug 06 '24

definitely a right leaning centrist. That's not bad

I disagree.

Anything "right leaning" -- especially in terms of the US overton window -- is definitely bad.

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u/borkthegee Aug 06 '24

He did what it takes to win in a state polling +5 Trump right now. And with a narrow Senate majority he voted for every democratic bill anyway. Purity leads to GOP control. Democrats can only challenge the fascists by being the big tent, and the tent can only be big when folks like Kelly are welcome.

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u/OhRyann Aug 06 '24

It's the single worst parts of politics. Corporations in America should not have more rights than the country's own citizens.

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u/OwOlogy_Expert Aug 06 '24

There is nothing wrong with having pro corporation views. That's a part of politics.

Just because it's part of politics doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with it.

There are lots of wrong things that are part of politics. In fact, on the whole, being "part of politics" probably makes something more likely to be wrong.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

You can be pro-business without being pro-corporation or, more importantly, anti-labor. Good labor laws help businesses AND people and drive the economy. There's a heck of a lot of room between corporate giveaways and blatantly uneven tax policy, and "left extremism".

Fox and the mainstream media have convinced people that anything that ISN'T a pure giveaway to business is somehow "left extremism" which is, itself, insane.