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In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden crosses a picket line to fundraise w/ healthcare exec?!? [View all]appal_jack
(3,813 posts)35. Thanks for the link.
I am on DU very frequently, but not constantly. I missed this one.
I still think that people denying that it was a picket line are off-base. In this day and age, actual strikes are very punishing to workers. I support union actions above and beyond strikes, and I think that every Democrat should.
Work-to-rule, workplace slowdowns, public protests, off-site picket lines: these are the least of what will be necessary to regain workplace protections and fair wages.
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Joe Biden crosses a picket line to fundraise w/ healthcare exec?!? [View all]
appal_jack
May 2019
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And how would that position make him anti-union? I am pro-union and not sold on Medicare
emmaverybo
May 2019
#22
The story you link to makes absolutely no mention of Biden crossing a picket line,
lapucelle
May 2019
#47
so there were people blocking the way with large signs - and he plowed through them?
EveHammond13
May 2019
#11
This smear has been tried. It is false. Obviously, if only out of pure self-interest
emmaverybo
May 2019
#14
Recycling "Dems beholden to wealthy donors/corporations, hate unions, ignore working class" smear.
betsuni
May 2019
#45
That wasn't a picket line, there is no strike, and it was only about a dozen people....
George II
May 2019
#33
Won't put up with ageism no more, no more...call them out anytime they do it. Go Cha
emmaverybo
May 2019
#69
We don't even know that Biden knew about them demonstrating across the street, no doubt....
George II
May 2019
#42
You call him "old Joe." Will you call your favorite "old Liz" when she turns 70 next month?
highplainsdem
May 2019
#63
You have seen it, just won't admit seeing. People'sworld online, though critical of Biden, also
emmaverybo
May 2019
#74
The Hill called the protest an "informal picket" in its story, with a link to HuffPo.
lapucelle
May 2019
#56