In a nod to labor unions, President Joe Biden is moving to boost wages for construction workers on projects paid for with federal funding, a step that would appeal to a key constituency ahead of next year’s presidential election and potentially shrink the pay gap between northern and southern states.

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[–] 13 points 3 years ago (7 children)

IBEW Local 26 member here. Journeyman Electrical Foreman.

Most states with strong union participation are blue states. Many red states are against unions.

I get where you are coming from, but especially considering construction workers are 3% of the workforce in America, one can't expect my idiot coworkers to have much of an impact.

Also, Biden or Trump, I don't care. I don't trust any of these rich people in politics. They are all crooks, IMHO.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    One party is banning books...

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  • [+] -6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The other thinks it's important to get along with the book burners. They think the book burners are decent people who are just misguided on a few issues. They act like civil debate will solve all problems.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Don't discount yourself or your coworkers - shifting the votes of 3% of Americans could have changed the election results of almost every presidential election since 1992 if they went from the winning candidate to the losing candidate.

    The top dogs being crooks sucks, but shouldn't mean that the only acceptable response is political apathy - not doing anything is functionally equivalent to acceptance of the status quo.

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  • [+] -11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Oh, I still vote. I never said that. I just write in my candidates.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Big difference with Trump is that a win in 2024 will be the end of democracy in USA.

    I'm not being dramatic: He'll pardon himself for everything (as already established) and then use stacked supreme court / police / military / mob rule to prevent himself being removed again.

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