• Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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    7 months ago

    Brandon Johnson is... fine, I think.

    He's probably the most pro-labor politician we've had in a long while, tbh.

    • makotech222 [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      nah the dude has been absolutely terrible. Pritzker has been dunking on him since he got elected

    • Infamousblt [any]
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      7 months ago

      He's better than the last 2 that Chicago has had but we got a long way to go

      • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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        7 months ago

        he's still better; this article is ultra-left garbage.

        How is his presence co-opting the movement?

        • macerated_baby_presidents [he/him]
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          7 months ago

          He ran on progressive vibes but has done a bunch of bad stuff while in office: increased CPD budget, attempted to contract GardaWorld to put migrants in tents, etc. He got AFL-CIO and some other unions to pledge not to strike during the DNC. How has he helped labor?

          • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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            7 months ago

            The CPB budget thing was coming etiher way. We knew that he would still do bad things. That wasn't the point though.

            • macerated_baby_presidents [he/him]
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              7 months ago

              Has he done any good things? So far, the only positive thing I can say about him is he's not Vallas.

              In fact it's quite possible he will hurt the labor movement. I'm not super familiar with CTU inner workings, but to an outsider it looks like the collaborationist "common good" bargaining process that CTU is signalling with him will probably conclude the cooptation and defanging of CORE. Workers shouldn't pull their punches. Ask for what you need, and let them cut the damn police budget if the city "can't afford" it.

              • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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                7 months ago

                Nobody is explaining to me how he's "co-opting" the movement so I don't really buy it.

        • Infamousblt [any]
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          7 months ago

          Because he's a neoliberal Democrat who hasn't proven that he's actually actively pro worker yet. He still might. He hasn't yet. I'll trust him when he proves it.