• RNAi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Like... really? What? Are you kidding me?

    • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Manchin's base in West Virginia is union workers and he doesn't stand a prayer of winning without support from groups like teachers' and miners' unions. Labor unions are one of the very few groups that has leverage over Manchin.

      • jabrd [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        How can this be true and he can still be opposed to the $15 minimum wage? I could see a guy reliant on the union vote being socially backward, but you'd think he'd need to be more hooked in to economic issues like that

        • star_wraith [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Because while teachers and miners unions are good, an increase in the minimum wage at best marginally impacts them directly, not a hill they're gonna die on.