MicroWaveSep 26, 2023

Biden says UAW should fight for 40% pay raise in Michigan strike visit

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Biden says UAW should fight for 40% pay raise in Michigan strike visit - Lemmy.world

President Joe Biden on Tuesday joined a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan, supporting their call for a 40% pay raise and saying they deserve a “lot more” than they are getting. Biden’s appearance, the first visit by a U.S. president to striking workers in modern history, comes a day before Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for president, will speak to auto workers in Michigan. The rare back-to-back events highlight the importance of union support in the 2024 presidential election, even though unions represent a tiny fraction of U.S. workers. Democrat Biden traveled to a Belleville, Michigan, parts distribution center owned by General Motors (GM.N), and joined dozens of picketers outside. “Companies were in trouble, now they’re doing incredibly well. And guess what? You should be doing incredibly well, too,” Biden said through a bullhorn. “Stick with it.”

Show threadBlackbeardSep 27, 2023

Biden: “You should get paid more.”

Trump: indicted for 91 crimes and found liable for decades of tax fraud

Michigan Republicans: ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Show threaddrewdarkoSep 27, 2023
“Both sides are the same!”
Show threadFlashMobOfOneSep 27, 2023

They are when it comes to wages.

The federal minimum wage has been 7 bucks for fifteen years.

Show threadyouguysSep 27, 2023
Democrats had it for 2 years in the past 20+ years…not the fuckin same. Republicans had it for 14 years. Anything Barack tried to do was shit on for 6 years of his presidency by Congress and his first two years he had he got a lot done, not to mention that he did actually raise the minimum wage for federal workers in in 2014 by executive order because that’s the only way anything could get changed when the dumb ass party had control. money.cnn.com/2014/02/12/news/…/index.html
Obama signs order on minimum wage

Executive order requires businesses with new or renewed federal contracts to pay minimum wage workers $10.10 an hour starting in 2015.

CNNMoney
Show threadpaultimate14
Democrats only had it for ~4 months. 11 weeks of in-session Congress time.
Sep 28, 2023 at 2:19amWeb
Show threadyouguysSep 28, 2023

I believe you, and I kinda remember that tbh but I’m having a hard time finding info on it.

spokesman.com/…/control-house-and-senate-1900/

Here’s where I got my information

Control of House and Senate since 1900

Will the Republicans retain control of the Senate after Election Day in November? Or will Democrats wrestle it away from them and run both chambers on Capitol Hill? It’s way too early to say. Here’s how control of the House and Senate have shifted over the past 120 years:

The Spokesman-Review
Show threadpaultimate14Sep 28, 2023

sandiegofreepress.org/…/the-myth-of-the-filibuste…

A lot of datasets looking at Congress over time smooth over small nuances. They look at the bi-annual election results and assume that’s what holds until the next election. The problem for answering a question like this is that Congress changes between elections. The Democrat majority includes Arlan Spectre, who defected. Al Franken, whose election was contested and not resolved until months into his term. Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd were ancient and in the process of dying (perfectly fair to blame the party for letting them cling to office too long. Some things never change). The article doesn’t mention it, but I think that 60 senators includes one or two independents who caucused with the Dems too, like Bernie Sanders.

The Myth of the Filibuster-Proof Democratic Senate

Republicans have magically, mystically turned 72 days into two full years. We’ve heard it over and over and over again. Mitch McConnell has gleefully used it as a cudgel. Congressional Republicans …

San Diego Free Press