Again the Democratic Party demonstrates their profound lack of common sense and profound lack of respect for working men and women.
As a former UAW member raised in a union family, I am highly insulted by the fact the Democratic Party is holding their convention in a anti-union/anti-worker state, and in a city which Bank of America has their corporate headquarters.
This is weak, very weak.
What exactly is the message being sent here by Obama and the democratic party? It's obvious, IMHO; Charlotte is the second largest financial center in the U.S..
“Labor has no place to go.” – Chris Hayes
WHAT WOULD Democrats be without labor? Where would they be?
What would the American middle class look like without unions? Before we met, my own husband was in a situation for many years in Nevada where the threat of unionization in the company where he worked solidified his living wage and benefits.
So, why, in the middle of a union fight in Wisconsin, did Pres. Obama decide to not only sidestep the discussion, but stay well away from offering anything but the most perfunctory support?
Now we get what’s about to play out this week. Pres. Obama will accept his party’s nomination in the most anti-union state in the country, North Carolina. It will be done in Bank of America stadium, though Democrats are dancing around this reality trying to avert everyone’s attention by acting like that’s not its name.
Perhaps it’s all triangulation that will be addressed by Pres. Obama in a shot heard throughout the country, as he rails against corporations carving out the way to upward mobility by neutering the only means by which this has been done in our country throughout history. Obama raising a call to support organized labor. We can dream, hope, though that’s not worked out very well for workers since the Bush recession hit.
All of this takes place as a new study from the National Employment Law Project reported by the New York Times reveals the reality of workers’ wages since the recession hit in 2008, which is that a living wage has been replaced by low wage jobs.
As The Nation’s John Nichols reminds viewers, in Ohio, labor beat Gov. John Kasich by organizing and mobilizing, which caused him to back down. “Labor led,” it wasn’t the Democratic Party, because they’d been knee-capped in 2010. It’s no coincidence that in that state Sen. Sherrod Brown continues to earn his support from the voters by doggedly never backing down from the call to rally ’round and with organized labor, which should be the model across the country for Democrats, but unfortunately isn’t anymore.
Democratic congresspeople in Charlotte, partying and whooping it up (on our dime) is unacceptable-- given the fact we have around twenty million UNemployed and underemployed people in our nation.
When was the last time a democrat (other than Kucinich or Sanders) stood up in congress and stated it's time to raise the minimum wage??
This so called convention will do what? I think it's a safe bet there will be NO new or bold ideas proposed to put our people back to work at decent paying jobs.
The whole thing is a farce, a circus costing millions of dollars.
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