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Midnight_Rising t1_itxcqd7 wrote

Reply to comment by MasterSpoon in A second railroad union votes down Biden's tentative agreement by WutRTatersPrecious

Do you think a strike affecting Christmas is going to make people support the union? Or will it only make them pay attention enough to vote against union actions in the future?

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Odd-Employment2517 t1_itxe7p5 wrote

Well fortunately there is no way for them to vote against the union. They could support the hiring of scab labor if pushed by the GOP but that would very much damage current republican talking points on various subjects to include border security

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Midnight_Rising t1_itxjb8j wrote

Are you implying they even attempt to be consistent? The only thing that'll enter the average voter's head is "union made Christmas bad. So unions are bad." And vote for whatever anti-union props or candidates are on the ballot.

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Publius82 t1_itxuuz9 wrote

You're getting downvoted, which makes perfect sense when you consider how pro union the GOP has never ever been.

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fortfive t1_itxuzq7 wrote

You forget that the republican strategy is to make people feel angry so they forget how powerless and afraid they are.

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graveybrains t1_itzlwnk wrote

The conservatives would be happy to take care of that pesky union problem for you

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kr0kodil t1_itzro5v wrote

Congress could vote to prohibit a strike and force the unions to accept the deal that Biden has brokered.

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An_Ugly_Bastard t1_itzq6ct wrote

Exactly! I heard a story of Starbucks turning on mobile ordering at a closed store on strike. So when people arrived at the store to pick up their orders, they were mad at the people on strike.

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Midnight_Rising t1_itzrr7w wrote

Yeah, it's an incredibly common union busting tactic. Make the employees on strike feel like they're losing popular support and tank morale, make dissolving the strike the path of least resistance. After a couple of days getting screamed at by members of their community for inconveniencing them then the strike, and union efforts, will buckle.

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