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In reply to the discussion: Can you be a Democrat and be anti-union? [View all]cyberswede
(26,117 posts)20. Democratic Party Platform - page 16
http://www.democrats.org/about/party_platform
Good Jobs with Good Pay
In the platform hearings, Americans expressed dismay that people who are willing to study and work cannot get a job that pays enough to live on in the current economy. Democrats are committed to an economic policy that produces good jobs with good pay and benefits. That is why we support the right to organize. We know that when unions are allowed to do their job of making sure that workers get their fair share, they pull people out of poverty and create a stronger middle class. We will strengthen the ability of workers to organize unions and fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
We will restore pro-worker voices to the National Labor Relations Board and the National Mediation Board and we support overturning the NLRBs and NMBs many harmful decisions that undermine the collective bargaining rights of millions of workers. We will ensure that federal employees, including public safety officers who put their lives on the line every day, have the right to bargain collectively, and we will fix the broken bargaining process at the Federal Aviation Administration. We will fight to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers, so that workers can stand up for themselves without worrying about losing their livelihoods. We will continue to vigorously oppose Right-to-Work Laws and paycheck protection efforts whenever they are proposed. Suspending labor protections during national emergencies compounds the devastation from the emergency. We opposed suspension of Davis-Bacon following Hurricane Katrina, and we support broad application of Davis-Bacon worker protections to all federal projects. We will stop the abuse of privatization of government jobs. We will end the exploitative practice of employers wrongly misclassifying workers as independent contractors.
In the platform hearings, Americans expressed dismay that people who are willing to study and work cannot get a job that pays enough to live on in the current economy. Democrats are committed to an economic policy that produces good jobs with good pay and benefits. That is why we support the right to organize. We know that when unions are allowed to do their job of making sure that workers get their fair share, they pull people out of poverty and create a stronger middle class. We will strengthen the ability of workers to organize unions and fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
We will restore pro-worker voices to the National Labor Relations Board and the National Mediation Board and we support overturning the NLRBs and NMBs many harmful decisions that undermine the collective bargaining rights of millions of workers. We will ensure that federal employees, including public safety officers who put their lives on the line every day, have the right to bargain collectively, and we will fix the broken bargaining process at the Federal Aviation Administration. We will fight to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers, so that workers can stand up for themselves without worrying about losing their livelihoods. We will continue to vigorously oppose Right-to-Work Laws and paycheck protection efforts whenever they are proposed. Suspending labor protections during national emergencies compounds the devastation from the emergency. We opposed suspension of Davis-Bacon following Hurricane Katrina, and we support broad application of Davis-Bacon worker protections to all federal projects. We will stop the abuse of privatization of government jobs. We will end the exploitative practice of employers wrongly misclassifying workers as independent contractors.
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Can you be a Democrat an be anti-union?... this sounds like what repugs are going thru.
seabeyond
Apr 2012
#5
No. Are there anti-union "Democrats" who think since they believe in other Democratic positions
pampango
Apr 2012
#7
Trade and strong unions go together quite well in Germany, Sweden and most of Europe.
pampango
Apr 2012
#15
Not in the US, however. In the US, "Free Traders" have gleefully dismantled the Labor movement. nt
Romulox
Apr 2012
#21
If you are Conservative, why bother to go over when the Democratic leadership itself has gone over?
RC
Apr 2012
#24
I used to drive a Jeep Pickup. I was really sad to see it totaled (my fault and no one got hurt--
amandabeech
Apr 2012
#56
When I went to UM, I washed the dishes of many sons and daughters of GM engineers
Romulox
Apr 2012
#85
I have a Honda. I looked for an American made car with a great reliability history....
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#82
This is an extremely verbose *justification* for why you don't support unions...
Romulox
Apr 2012
#84
Thank you, Spider. That was my point, for real. That I really looked...it wasn't that I didn't
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#88
You're a corporatist wrapped in the gaudy costume of a "citizen of the world".
Romulox
Apr 2012
#104
Yes, I can be verbose. But you lie when you say I don't support unions.....
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#89
DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz doesn't support the UAW, that's for sure.
Romulox
Apr 2012
#13
Since all it takes is to register as one, yes. But if you claim to stand for Democratic principles
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#17
What's wrong with expecting members of a political party to agree on some core principles?
limpyhobbler
Apr 2012
#72
You can be a "New Democrat", they ARE anti-union. Some consider them GOP infiltrators.
Dragonfli
Apr 2012
#37
NO. Every Democratic endorsement questionnaire has strong questions about union support on it.
Poll_Blind
Apr 2012
#40
AFIC, you can't support "Free Trade" or a "Free Market" and still be a "DEMOCRAT".
bvar22
Apr 2012
#42
Of course. How many democrats voted for NAFTA and GATT? As Chris Hedges has noted, the passage of
Citizen Worker
Apr 2012
#48
The circle (D) absolves all except for shout it from the rooftops, Klan robe in the closet racism
TheKentuckian
Apr 2012
#68
I support unions--except when it saves me a buck to go with a scab product. That counts?
Romulox
Apr 2012
#105