DEMS MUST OPPOSE ANY COVID RELIEF BILL WITH CORPORATE LIABILITY IMMUNITY!!!

[Fiendish Thingy]

Pelosi and Schumer are supporting the Manchin and Coons “bipartisan compromise” COVID relief bill, which includes Corporate Liability Immunity.

After watching Rachel’s segment on the crimes of Tyson against their workers, it is my firm belief this must not be included in any COVID relief bill.

Contact your legislators.

[we can do it]

1. Thank you.

[Blue Owl]

2. K&R

[mvd]

3. Agreed! There are a few must haves IMO

- Supplemental Unemployment Benefits of at least $300 but prefer $600 - these go indefinitely

- No Liability protections

- New stimulus payments of at least $1,200 - option of more payments later

- Money for states, PPE, vaccine rollout

- Eviction and foreclosure protection

[BainsBane]

4. Is that important enough to you

to foreclose all COVID relief possibilities?

I don't like immunity for corporations either, especially the ones for gun manufacturers that are already in place. I don't want to see more of them, but I'm not willing to let people die to achieve that. As long as McConnell controls the Senate, there may not be an option.

It's easy to oppose things. What's hard is getting legislation passed.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Corporate Immunity will cause more workers to die, with no recourse for their families. Nt

[My Pet Orangutan]

9. How many families have recourse now?

How many suits have been filed?

[BainsBane]

13. Then your answer is yes

You rather not see federal funding for PPE, unemployment relief, or other economic aid for COVID than compromise on immunity for corporations. The good news for you, is that you will very likely get your way and nothing will be passed.

I think the provisions for corporate immunity are disgusting, as I said. I'm just not in a position where I'm willing to refuse to allow any legislation. So that is where we differ.
Now, if you can convince people in red states to pressure their Senators, that might be able to have an impact in dislodging McConnell from his ultimatum. Given what we know about Republican voters, however, I think that highly unlikely.

[Phoenix61]

5. Used as a basis...

"In the spirit of compromise we believe the bipartisan framework introduced by Senators yesterday should be used as the basis for immediate bipartisan, bicameral negotiations," Pelosi and Schumer said. They said they would try to build upon the approach, which has support in the House from a bipartisan "problem solvers" coalition.

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. Negotiate all you want, but draw a line in the sand on corporate immunity. Nt

[Mike Niendorff]

7. K&R

Any bill that includes this should be DOA. Period.


MDN

[femmedem]

10. Tyson allegedly instructing translators to lie to Spanish-speaking workers was unspeakably evil.

Having translators tell workers that everything in the plant was fine when they knew the virus was spreading, while managers were betting on how many workers would get sick and die has me rethinking corporate liability immunity as a line in the sand.

I'm still torn. I know people in the restaurant business who need relief. I know someone in the hospitality industry who is having to choose between buying heating oil and paying rent. I honestly don't know which causes more harm: withholding covid relief to people who need it or allowing corporations to be so utterly callous without penalty.

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. It's going to be a rough winter, and corporations and shameless politicians must not escape. Nt

[bamagal62]

12. Yep. The corporate liability immunity

Is a big fat No.

[Qutzupalotl]

14. Corporations will work us to death if they can get away with it.

[Polybius]

15. I need the extended unemployment

We can pass a better bill on January 20th.

[LizBeth]

16. Over 12 million and it will climb the next week and two, over 12 million will be kicked off UI,

don't have jobs and will not be getting one. Point the finger at Republicans but we need a relief bill.

[JI7]

17. How about the people that need money ?

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. How about the people who are getting COVID at work and dying due to employer negligence? Nt