Cory DoctorowA Collective Bargain: Workplace democracy is a training ground for true national democracy
https://doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-bargain-a48925f944fe
#reviews #Unions #labor #JaneMcAlevey #democracy #WinningElections #OccupyDemocrats
Bosses rig #union votes the same way Republicans rig elections: #disinformation, divide-and-rule, #VoterSuppression, #gerrymandering. Union organizers know how to win that kind of election, and they can teach us all.
https://doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-bargain-a48925f944fe
The #DemocraticParty establishment wants voters to cast a ballot and then go to sleep for two years until it's time to cast another ballot. That's why they hate #unions: unions stay awake, demanding that the Democrats GOVERN instead of selling out.
https://doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-bargain-a48925f944fe
Emmett O'Connell@pluralistic when I first got involved in local Dem politics in the #pnw in that early 00s, I was taken aback that the core operating principle of a county and state part was win elections, not necessarily make a better world or do anything outside elections
RobCorneliusI think that is true of politicians the world over nowadays. See Keir Starmer's "Labour" party here in the UK for a prime example.
People don't go into politics to help anyone but themselves.
Kevin Leecaster@robcornelius @emmettoconnell @pluralistic
People stay out of politics for purely selfish reasons too.
People stay out of politics for purely selfish reasons too.
@GreenFire @emmettoconnell @pluralistic
This is true of course. I decided to keep out of very local politics where I live as its so fucking DULL. Just people droning on about planning and the state of the poor peoples houses.