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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 12:14 PM Sep 2017

The entire USA will become a "Right to Work" (for less) country

Part of the devastation wrought by the stolen SCOTUS seat.
Why the fuck didn't Democrats do more to stop the Gorsuch appointment?




Supreme Court takes up case that will devastate public sector unions
Neil Gorsuch holds the fifth vote to deliver a staggering blow to the union movement.


In what is all but certain to be a terrible blow to organized labor, the Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it will hear Janus v. AFSCME, a case seeking to defund public sector unions.


https://thinkprogress.org/scotus-case-devastate-unions-ce0dc152813a/

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The entire USA will become a "Right to Work" (for less) country (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2017 OP
LIke I said, it's over, it was over on election day when on the ground russian and gop agents Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #1
Like frogs in a pot SHRED Sep 2017 #2
One thing I have learned from history. Initech Sep 2017 #10
K&R WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #3
whats a public sector union? Mosby Sep 2017 #4
All types of public employees SHRED Sep 2017 #5
I fear you are right. BSdetect Sep 2017 #6
When are we going to rise up and revolt against the Koch Brothers? Initech Sep 2017 #7
The problem is not fooled Sep 2017 #8
I know. It doesn't matter whose in charge anymore. Initech Sep 2017 #9
We'll be back in the days when union protests were attacked by company thugs. DavidDvorkin Sep 2017 #11

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
1. LIke I said, it's over, it was over on election day when on the ground russian and gop agents
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 12:22 PM
Sep 2017

flipped votes.

In one year the already DRASTICALLY too low tax responsibility for the rich and corps will be made even worse and working people will lose all rights.

OSHA will be next, unemployment after that, then Workers' Comp, etc.

Initech

(100,063 posts)
10. One thing I have learned from history.
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 02:09 PM
Sep 2017

Is that people do not like being ruled by tyrants. When no one has any money left we will come for them.

Initech

(100,063 posts)
7. When are we going to rise up and revolt against the Koch Brothers?
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 01:12 PM
Sep 2017

All this anti union crap is their doing. They do not control us.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
8. The problem is
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 01:44 PM
Sep 2017

most 'Muricans don't even know who the koch brothers are or what they have done--take over the country without firing a shot--over a period of decades. When I tell acquaintances about the Kochtopus (search the term) they look at me like I'm some sort of crackpot.

The kochs are running the country but most people in it haven't a clue what they have done. And of course the corporate media does little to nothing to clue people in. If the kochs get mentioned at all, it's usually merely as wealthy "philanthropists".



Initech

(100,063 posts)
9. I know. It doesn't matter whose in charge anymore.
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 02:01 PM
Sep 2017

Our country is run by two out of control, extremely wealthy old billionaires who are bent on world domination and quadrupling their ill gotten gains. I have no doubt in my mind they provided a back door for Trump to Putin in Russia. Erik Prince is one of them and Betsy DeVos is one of them. They staged a coup and won. All we can do is sit back in horror unless we fight back and GOTV in 2018 but even then I am not as optimistic.

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