If the objective is beating Trump and there's the strong possibility of Bernie winning the nomination, then it might be prudent for Dems to start rallying behind him now, instead of attacking him, which will backfire later when we get to the general.
If that’s true it’s great news because “I will take away your healthcare and raise your taxes” is the worst general election message I’ve ever heard
I can see that republicans like yourself would feel that way, but my fellow Union members who are Democrat see it differently. We see it as replacing healthcare to level the playing field, and that taking health care out of the equation in collective bargaining, bolsters out position to ask for higher wages. We understand that higher taxes to support the health of society as a whole will turn out to be a positive benefit for all in the long run, resulting in greater personal happiness and community strength.
Bernie can't even attract a majority of liberal voters. How can you believe he'd do better with centrist or moderate conservatives in the fall?
You opposed graduate students who were striking for living wages. You then went after them on a personal level by falsely accusing students for pushing up rent in Santa Cruz. Not very Union, that. More like something that could have been found in the pages of Pravda.
I'm confident that any voter with morals and standards of common decency would pick Sanders over Trump any day of the week.
hey there racist liar
It's a wildcat strike which the union doesn't even support. The fact is that even internally the strike only has 14% support of the current grad students. I have a friend who when thru the program recently who has told me that the whole strike has caused much division among the current grad students. I support the students asking for higher wages, but I think they should do it when their contract is concluding, not in the middle of an active agreement which they knew they signed up for coming in. We can talk more about this in a relevant thread if you like, but this thread is not the appropriate place.
you support trump, that much is obvious. Racist liars like you all support trump
If Bernie is the nominee Trump is going to rip him apart. Can you just imagine some of the trump ads on tv with clips of Bernie from his honeymoon in Russia.
You voted for Bloomberg. You hate taxes. We're done here.
i highly doubt he’d have to do any of that but he could very easily
Based on what? What gives you that confidence?
your proof that I am a republican is that I voted for a democrat who bought the dems a house majority in 2018?
close but backwards. This phony has let her act slip a few times, clearly showing her to be a right wing racist. She wants trump to win
Not everyone votes in their own best personal interest, that's what republicans do not democrats. Democrats vote for what's best for the health of society, at least that's what I was taught growing up.
So what if its a wildcat strike? They had a point to make. Their wages weren't enough to pay for a roof over their heads. Fuck your friend who isn't available to tell his own story. I can make one up too but I'm not a liar. I bring this up because you cloaked yourself with the union label but here you are, sniping at people who are rightfully agitating for better wages.
This is not an unreasonable conclusion. I'm there too.
I guess you don't understand the difference between a wildcat strike (which their union doesn't even support) and a legitimate union sanctioned strike. Legitimate strikes are approved by a vote of majority of the membership (aka democratically). This wildcat strike is being put on by the minority. Union means to be united. These dissidents aren't united with their Union brothers and sisters. The reality is that this strike is hurting the Union's strength in bargaining. FWIW I went on sanctioned union pickets twice in the past couple of weeks, which were supported by the AFL-CIO.
