https://twitter.com/aaronsojourner/status/1375443938396409861
We'll win.
Reminder - labor unions peaked at a time when it was literally illegal to collectively bargain. Labor laws and legislation were a "oh, shit, if we don't legalize this and 'regulate' it, a good 30% of the population is going to view us as an illegitimate government" moment.
When we are strong and they are weak, they give us a seat at the table until their strength returns and they kick us out.
its american politics, i wouldn't expect a consensus on any issue. 59% makes labor unions about 10% more popular than the most favorable politician in office (bernie sanders, btw)
Been thinking how there has undeniably been a revival in labor activism the last two or three years, starting with the Red for Ed strikes. As capital and industries migrated out of the rust belt and places with strong labor unions, it's interesting to note how many of these strikes and activism have been concentrated in Republican controlled states with a lack of organized labor. As Capital attempts to squeeze workers out of everything, they inevitably organize. Alabama just had a successful strike at a steel plant and there's hope for Bessemer too.
Yeah, but someone on Twitter told me that Alabama deserved to have all its citizens die in a God-sent storm because their skull shape makes them all racist and evil.
why was opinion of labor unions and opinion of big business so correlated? I guess until 2012 people couldn't tell which one was responsible for their conditions? The timing of the split, right after the march on wall street and the rise of the modern left makes sense, glad to see people are waking up
What happened around '76 that made the favorability plummet?
Maybe it was the beginning of the end of the post wwii economic boom. Neoliberalism took hold right after the end of the 1973-1975 recession.
How cucked do you have to be before you have a favorable opinion of "big business" as a general concept?
We'll only win if we capitalize on this and actually turn it into action.
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