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Beastly Boy

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7. My point exactly.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 23, 2024, 01:40 PM

Jul 2024

You don't build cohesion and solidarity among the multitudes of people committed to defend their rights by endorsing narrowly focused political sentiments.

And this is why politicians chase and their political endorsements: the solidarity of the rank and file to vote for an endorsed candidate on begalf of thir union is unique in getting the voters who would be out of reach otherwise.

Make a narrowly-focused political stand, and you risk destroying the only thing going for the unions - solidarity despite diversity.

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Unions tell the Biden administration to stop sending military aid to Israel [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2024 OP

Can anyone answer what type of military aid we send? edisdead Jul 2024 #1

Here's some info. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2024 #2

Biden is very close to a ceasefire deal. And we cannot stop all military aid to Israel. SunSeeker Jul 2024 #3

A union's primary job is to protect its members and to increase their ranks. Beastly Boy Jul 2024 #4

The movement contains multitudes and locals, district councils, nationals and international all have different ideas WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2024 #5

My point exactly. Beastly Boy Jul 2024 #7

These aren't executive-board-level top-down decisions, though. Like endorsements, they come up from the rank and file. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2024 #8

What decisions are you referring to? Beastly Boy Jul 2024 #11

Aren't many of the workers building military equipment unionized? MichMan Jul 2024 #6

Some are UAW (which signed the letter), some are IAM and others (which didn't). WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2024 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author alarimer Jul 2024 #9