The #UAW are on #strike against the #BigThree#automakers. #Biden should be roaring his full-throated support for the strike. Doing so would be both just and shrewd. But instead, the #WhiteHouse is waffling...and if recent history is any indication, they might actually come out against the strike.
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Now, with the UAW on strike against the monopolistic auto-makers - who received billions in public funds, gave their top execs massive raises, shipped jobs offshore, and used public money to lobby against transit and decarbonization - Biden is sitting on the sidelines, failing to champion the workers' cause.
Writing in his newsletter, labor reporter #HamiltonNolan makes the case that the White House should - must! - stand behind the autoworkers:
The Writers Guild is on strike. Hollywood is closed for business. The union's bargaining documents reveal a cartel of studios that refused to negotiate on a single position. This could go on for a long-ass time:
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But you don't have to look back to the stocking frame to find this kind of solidarity. As #HamiltonNolan writes in his newsletter, "Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America":
The entire Hollywood workforce, from grips to carpenters, costumers to plumbers, teamsters to medics, is unionized. That includes writers and actors (I'm a member of #IATSE Local 839, AKA #TheAnimationGuild).