https://xcancel.com/TeamsterSOB/status/1813233768137662564
https://archive.is/Zzvlv
The C-suite long ago sold out the United States, shuttering factories in the homeland and gutting American jobs, while using the profits to push diversity, equity, and inclusion and the religion of the trans flag.
They have forged trade deals that led directly to the hemorrhaging of 4 million good jobs to China.
But as O’Brien correctly observed Monday night, that isn’t the Republican Party’s true tradition. There was a time when Republicans knew that American strength depends squarely on American workers—and their way of life: family, neighborhood, church, union hall. Ronald Reagan knew it.
China is ripping us off, and strong tariffs must be maintained and expanded.
Teamsters blaming transgender people, "DEI", and China for the suppression of the labor unions in America. Gives support to family, church, and Ronald Reagan.
Lmao "there was a time when America appreciated unions: Reagan"
Jesus christ teamsters time to start looking for a new union pres
this guy literally was supposed to be the new guy. he was intensely critical of the last guy (hoffa's kid, presided over a long period of stagnation and decline) and under him they secured a massive UPS contract
That contract was way less than they could have got. All the American lefties celebrating it were either unfamiliar with how you win good contracts or understood but wanted to say, "good job rah rah see socialists support you".
I don't think a single "major" left org provided critical support, only uncritical.
This is the kind of outcome to expect from union reform campaigns that center vague ideas of tossing out corrupt people or being "democratic". Reform needs to center class struggle or most of the time you'll just get a new guard with basically the same problems. That's what socialist parties have in the past, it worked well.
Reagan? The man who is famous for singlehandedly crushing the air traffic controllers' union during his first year in office and accelerating the nationwide decline of unions? How can a union president endorse this shit with a straight face?
How can a union president endorse this shit with a straight face?
Professional organizers are the type of labor aristocrat most likely to be class traitors tbh.
How can a union president endorse this shit with a straight face?
It's very hard to make a man understand something his paycheck depends on him not understanding.
China is ripping us off
American capitalists gave it to them, for free. Reagan and others allowed it to happen. It was a gift.
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And its not like America lost everything. China is giving America 'free' shit in exchange for U.S. Dollars.
And Republicans are going to enact tariffs on Chinese goods while not improving domestic capacity. Atleast with Democrats one could claim they may give tax credits on domestic EVs or whatever (not enough of course). But Republicans love fossil fuels and think EVs are soy, there is zero reason for them to do anything.
Of 1.3 million members, I wonder how many teamsters are currently employed moving shit from shipping ports from China to wherever the fuck wholesaler in America it’s going?
Unions cozying up to fascists has famously worked very well… for the fascists.
while using the profits to push diversity, equity, and inclusion and the religion of the trans flag.
I guess it would have been fine if it wasn't supposedly spent on big woke.
300 millions dividends
20 millions executive bonuses
100 thousands donation to local community college in a disadvantaged community and osha posters with black man on it to get a tax write off
someone who is good with money help me
Probably should have guessed the old union guy is a fuck but i liked this guy. Oh well, into the trash
No it's true, The Trans® have ruined the c-suite by transing genders
@TeamsterSOB
Accurate
I told you dog, I warned you about the western unions
Fascism is not pro-labor. In fact, it’s primary function is crushing labor
Fascism is not pro-labor. In fact, it’s primary function is crushing labor
"Pro-labor conservatism" is also not pro-labor. Just as National Socialism was not socialism. Fascism takes on the aesthetic of being pro-labor while doing actions that are anti-labor. Before creating Fascism, Mussolini was a member of the Italian socialist party and actively involved with Italian labor unions. One of the core principles of fascism is class collaboration. Mussolini inverted class conflict to create the idea that working class people and capitalists benefit from working together and actually aren't in conflict. Fascism absolutely tries to present itself as being pro-labor.
If you saw the phrase "pro-labor conservatism" and thought they it's actually going to be pro-labor while also blaming transgender people, electric vehicles, DEI, and China, then you have some seriously flawed analysis.
If you saw the phrase "pro-labor conservatism" and thought they it's actually going to be pro-labor while also blaming transgender people, electric vehicles, DEI, and China, then you have some seriously flawed analysis.
Where did I say any of that? My point is that the GOP cozying up to unions doesn’t make them more fascist, if anything it makes them marginally less. My position is that both major parties in the US are fascist.
I say "If" because I try to interpret your comment without assuming. The way that your comments appear to me is that you are correcting the other person to say what is happening is not like Fascism.
I don't see this as the GOP cozying up to unions. I see this as a union cozying up to the GOP. This seems like a flirtation with class collaboration. There are a few characteristics of this that seem similar to fascism.
Most importantly, the writing shifts the blame of class conflict to vulnerable communities, transgender people, DEI (dogwhistle for nonwhite people). Class conflict is what has caused workers and unions to suffer.
Another characteristic is that this "pro-labor conservatism" is a response to the rise of a new Marxist global superpower. Fascism in Italy and Germany rose to power as an opposition to the rise of Marxism, particularly the USSR. "Pro-labor conservatism" is telling us that it is motivated by an opposition to China, who is very soon to be surpassing the US economy in global power. The US is having increasingly more aggressive rhetoric towards China.
The article also promotes "America First" as a political ideology, which is a slogan of nationalists which dates back quite a long time and the slogan was compared to Fascism during WWII even.
Another characteristic of Fascism is that Sean O'Brien presents his ideology as bipartisan, a third way, as an alternative to the left-right spectrum.
The article also appeals to right wing values such as family and church and Ronald Reagan.
There's a lot of characteristics of fascism being exhibited. I think it's a fair to compare this "pro-labor conservatism" to fascism.
Joe Brandon was right when he said that unions aren’t the same thing as labor. In some cases, unions are directly opposed to the interests of the working class as a whole
Many such cases. I forget the essays, but I'm pretty sure there's a lot of Marxist literature that talks about Unionism not being the end-all of working class struggle. Without Marxism as a foundation of unions, they are often used against the working class as a whole.
The OG official fascism in Italy thrived on turning unions to their cause. They specifically targeted unions as a focus for struggle: co-opt first and if that fails (usually because the union is radical left), destroy them.
Rabidly pro trans CEOs have infiltrated the highest echelons of American empire. Every day the CEO of my company calls me wanting to talk “next steps” on “the big plan”
“your surplus value isn’t being taken by the capitalist owner class, they barely make enough to keep a yacht over their heads. it’s all going to woke dei trans people. vote the GQP in power and i pinky swear that money will go back into your pockets and not into a second, bigger yacht that carrys the first one around”
Even the unions are racist and don't care about black and brown workers and actively fight against their interests.
The last time unions led fights for racial justice they were either (1) literally black unions fighting segregation or (2) filled with socialists agitating from below through coordinated campaigns.
Unions nowadays are packed with racist liberals.
I had a long comment typed out but it doesn't matter. All I can say is lol. Lmao, even.
I am kinda not even that mad for them joining the winning team. I just don't see what they could possibly get out of it.
Like, the DNC isn't gonna treat them any better so they might as well shop around I just can't picture them getting anything for this.
Good to see the feds hard work in dividing labor along color lines is still paying off. I would hate to think my tax money was bing wasted on a shitty psyop.
Not like a large number of their members weren’t already doing that
