Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

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    1 year ago

    I thought I replied to this message, but it doesn’t appear to have posted.

    I’m thrilled that the worker’s got sick time and credit where it’s due to anyone in the admin who helped make that happen. It doesn’t change the fact that the admin, with the help of AOC and others in Congress broke a strike. That’s a terrible, dangerous, anti-worker precedent to set, and shame on anyone who voted for it and Biden for signing it.

    If I ask someone for $20 bucks for lunch and they kick me in the shin before giving me the money, am I supposed to be thankful and forget the fact that they just kicked me in the shin? Congress kicked workers in the proverbial, collective shin by blocking them from their right to strike.

    Here’s a decent article from Jacobin written by an RWU representative making exactly that point: https://jacobin.com/2023/04/railroad-workers-united-aoc-strike-vote-rank-and-file

    And here’s a decent rundown of the situation from a decent socialist source (even if it is Trot): https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/19/jaco-a19.html