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NanaCat

(2,332 posts)
25. I worked in union shops for most of my working life
Sat Mar 9, 2024, 06:50 PM
Mar 2024

It never ceased to amaze me how many of my fellow workers were GQP. Always white men.

It was the rare woman or minority (or increasingly both) who was that bloody daft.

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May it be so. TSExile Mar 2024 #1
Biden needs to run big on union position. Lots of ads with him rainy Mar 2024 #2
It's so hard to persuade these Republicans they are so locked in on an anti-Democratic Party mindset Walleye Mar 2024 #3
Biden walked the f?$&ing picket line with the UAW. Bleacher Creature Mar 2024 #4
CORRECT! And even worse, MyOwnPeace Mar 2024 #6
The Fox News cave, most likely. nt Wednesdays Mar 2024 #14
I think a LOT like this guy pay ZERO Grown2Hate Mar 2024 #22
They get a lot of their information from the guy at the end of the bar. mobeau69 Mar 2024 #29
traitortrump is a scab. He's always been a scab. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2024 #5
He certainly IS a scab..... and has always been one...... MyOwnPeace Mar 2024 #8
And here's the appropriate strike poster for *rump: NBachers Mar 2024 #16
So True and Nazis are anti-Union Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #37
Two things here: misanthrope Mar 2024 #7
Fact is Dump said that, years ago! Over and over. Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #33
Every time a trump supporter says "He's fighting for us", I want the reporter to follow up with "tell me how" tulipsandroses Mar 2024 #9
Good point there......... MyOwnPeace Mar 2024 #27
Day-YUM!!! Seinan Sensei Mar 2024 #10
Exactly! Responding logically to evidence is not their forte. Lucky Luciano Mar 2024 #21
I keep saying, a union person voting for any (R) is an idiot. ... aggiesal Mar 2024 #11
Exactly right Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #38
You're telling the truth. And sometimes the truth is harsh. calimary Mar 2024 #46
Good to know. Thanks! beveeheart Mar 2024 #12
mind-numbing krkaufman Mar 2024 #13
shithole and the GQP hate unions............................. Lovie777 Mar 2024 #15
GQP has always hated unions, forever. That is not news. What an idiot to not know that Bush was attacking unions. lindysalsagal Mar 2024 #17
Damn straight. Unions built this country. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2024 #18
NYC Union construction Shermanator Mar 2024 #19
Well, when stinking Trump follows his Nazi inclinations Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #39
Does he also know these things? mgardener Mar 2024 #20
That guy looks to be about 40. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2024 #23
The point of belonging to a labor union used to be economic self interest, members voted for pro-union sop Mar 2024 #24
Yeah, how did that happen? Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #40
Both. calimary Mar 2024 #47
I worked in union shops for most of my working life NanaCat Mar 2024 #25
Didn't Donald give the Border Guards/Patrol a union to give them more power? keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #26
No, that Union has been around for awhile Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #41
I need something a little stronger SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #28
In my union shop I hear things like ... hydrolastic Mar 2024 #30
If that's who union people are, maybe I should be anti-union?! I certainly wouldn't want to be on the same side Lucky Luciano Mar 2024 #34
But these are people of the land.... SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #49
Do you Rebl2 Mar 2024 #44
But you're IN THERE, fighting the Good Fight. calimary Mar 2024 #48
I say it often and always to everyone. Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #31
YAY! I forgot Cha Mar 2024 #32
Right to work laws Farmer-Rick Mar 2024 #42
Oh wow... very well explained.. TY! Union members who support TSF better Cha Mar 2024 #50
Staged masmdu Mar 2024 #35
I agree demosincebirth Mar 2024 #36
There will Rebl2 Mar 2024 #43
"I'm a Union guy. The Union is most important..." Grins Mar 2024 #45
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