Bernie Sanders campaign workers unionize, becoming likely first presidential campaign to do so

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  1. Professor Peabody

    Professor Peabody Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I hope Bernie gets a real lot of donations because his campaign workers will likely want $15 an hour to work for the Bern. Then their is the benefits, paid leave, maternity leave and paid baby bonding time. Then of course there the pension issue. Sanders supporters better come to the table with a very heavy wallet, as that's what it's going to take to prevent a strike in the last 6 weeks of the election cycle in 2020. Will Sanders big money supporters open their wallets to fund the operation of defer to someone else? Guess were going to find out.
     
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    I don’t blame them, I wouldn’t trust a socialist to actually pay me
     
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    Conservatives: “If workers want better pay and benefits they should negotiate with their employers rather than having the government pass laws forcing those things.”

    *Workers form a union*

    Conservatives: “No, not like that.”
     
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    Who said that? Nothing wrong with forming a union. There is something wrong with forcing people to join a union to have a job, then taking their pay to fund political movements they disagree with
     
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    It's pretty well known and understood that many liberals like to talk about paying workers fairly, but they dont include themselves and their personal affairs in that rhetoric. It leads to lots of comedy and hypocrisy when surfaced. Good for Bernie, though, if he pays them more.
     
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    Yeah, only rich corporations should buy politicians.
     
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    That’s silly, that’s why we have Citzens United
     
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    We have Citizens United because two Supreme Court Justices lied on their financial disclosure forms and refused to recuse themselves even though they had conflicts of interest.
     
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    Without the passion and verve of one's convictions springing forth - expect an uninspiring takeaway by the constituency. I would imagine that being unionized does little to foster the kind of ardor necessary to win - to work 48 hours straight w/o union breaks & arse patting... We the constituency pick up on that sort of thing...
     
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    My question is why isn't Bernie paying them enough that they don't need to unionize? I mean why talk the talk if your not already doing it?
     
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    They just want a slice of the pie. Being a candidate is a money making operation. The campaign pays candidate Fred's brother in law triple the cost for campaign signs of which a portion returns to the candidate in a manila envelope. The campaign workers just want some of that action.
     
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    What? They don't love Free Sh*t Sanders enough to work for him for free???
     
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    The guy ended up with 3 houses on a Senators salary, the math ain't hard.
     
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    How so? They worked part time for citizens united?
     
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    Their wives were both being paid by the Koch Brothers who were parties to the suit.
     
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    Isnt this great!


    Why are you against it?
     
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    Uh....you know his wife does very well....dont you? Lol
     
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    Sounds like their wives might have a conflict.

    But I thought it was just Citizens United v the FEC...didn’t see Koch industries in the title
     
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    If their wives have a conflict of interest, then the Justices have one. At the very least, they needed to disclose that heir wives received money from the Koch’s and they didn’t do that either.

    Just like how the ACLU were not at all involved with Brown v the Board of Education because their name isn’t in the title, right? Citizens United was funded by the Koch Brothers.
     
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    That’s not true at all...

    No the ACLU was not a party to Brown v Board of education..

    What did the Koch’s have to do with the case? And what did the wives do for them?
     
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    Dude I thought this was common knowledge
     
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    The Koch’s funded Citizens United. It doesn’t matter what their wives did. They were getting paid by the company that was bankrolling the 501c4 in the suit.

    That is a clear conflict of interest.
     
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    The Koch made a donation to the nonprofit? That’s silly to suggest they need to not hear the case...it certainly does matter what wives did...had they worked for citizens united that would be an issue, but they didn’t...they merely worked (according to you) for someone that made a donation there
     
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    The Koch’s weren’t just random citizens making a donation to a non-profit. They were one of the largest doners to Citizens United.

    I say again, at a bare minimum, the Justices needed to disclose their financial contact with the Koch’s. They didn’t even do that. They deliberately withheld that information.
     
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    I can't wait for the picket lines.

    Wonder if he'll go with scabs?
     
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