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alarimer

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83. This is important

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 09:45 AM

May 2018

Not sure it has much of a chance, but it is good to be talking about this stuff. The Koch brothers have done their best to keep people working long hours at shitty jobs with no rights.

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Bernie Sanders' New Bill Would Wipe Out Union-Busting 'Right-to-Work' Laws [View all] Hassin Bin Sober May 2018 OP

Way to go, Bernie. TheCowsCameHome May 2018 #1

But, but, but Bernie is not a registered Democrat!! Why bother listening to Bernie?! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #8

OMG... rwsanders May 2018 #11

! QC May 2018 #14

Okay, that's funny!! Good one!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #21

Ho-Ly shit! vi5 May 2018 #80

Because Democrats have done it already several times? Hortensis May 2018 #45

Stop being logical... ehrnst May 2018 #48

If you're not part of the "solution," Hortensis May 2018 #59

My dad was a union organizer whathehell May 2018 #82

Your dad couldn't have organized more than Hortensis May 2018 #85

No shit, Sherlock -- The Party's pathetic level of CURRENT support whathehell May 2018 #87

Bernie invented it all, he even invented the wheel and the color blue... stevenleser May 2018 #93

In 3 . . . 2 . . . wonkwest May 2018 #2

Economic justice, yes!.. whathehell May 2018 #22

Yep, what we could have had... ehrnst May 2018 #49

Sure, right.. whathehell May 2018 #64

Lots of it and one by one, states are going, "Right to Work" whathehell May 2018 #88

Once again, S.E. TN Liberal May 2018 #3

+1 InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #6

Bull shit, Bernie has no laws passed. He's proposed things for years that never see the light of wasupaloopa May 2018 #62

Yep, he just put the kiss of death on this happening. stevenleser May 2018 #94

Exactly....Bernie is stepping up to the plate whathehell May 2018 #90

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #4

K&R Sherman A1 May 2018 #5

Nice post HBS... Bernie, once again leading the way!! So proud of Bernie!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #7

It would.... if it had any chance in hell of doing that. But it doesn't. Squinch May 2018 #9

You may be right. But this helps get it KPN May 2018 #15

It doesn't matter. It's a goal, an aspiration the Dems need to embrace... First Speaker May 2018 #16

When has supporting unions *not* been a goal embraced by Democratic Party? ehrnst May 2018 #25

I can't even with these threads ismnotwasm May 2018 #65

The narrative that Democrats have "failed" to even speak about social & economic justice ehrnst May 2018 #73

If the Democratic Party got behind economic issues whathehell May 2018 #23

You might want to review the platform. Squinch May 2018 #24

Oh stop already BeyondGeography May 2018 #27

Lol. Squinch May 2018 #57

You might want to review the "Third Way" whathehell May 2018 #36

Last time? Again... ehrnst May 2018 #42

Any vid clips? whathehell May 2018 #52

Vid clips? ehrnst May 2018 #75

I posted a link to the most recent platform, 2016, with excerpts. Please give it a read. George II May 2018 #50

I don't see it whathehell May 2018 #53

Post #47. The platform presents the framework upon which ALL Democrats in a particular year..... George II May 2018 #55

I know what the platform is whathehell May 2018 #56

You mean they haven't proposed any vanity bills that have no possibility of going anywhere? Squinch May 2018 #58

Lol..Nice try, but no I do not mean that whathehell May 2018 #63

Um, no whathehell May 2018 #92

THIS InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #77

Oh. So you didn't hear about this? ehrnst May 2018 #89

Because you didn't read it? ehrnst May 2018 #76

When has the Democratic party not been the leader in economic issues? ehrnst May 2018 #28

K&R SharonClark May 2018 #31

When? whathehell May 2018 #35

Can you specify? ehrnst May 2018 #37

Lol whathehell May 2018 #38

Since you seem to be unfamiliar with that Google... ehrnst May 2018 #41

Since you seem to be unfamiliar with the Ignore function whathehell May 2018 #71

"Losing gracefully" ehrnst May 2018 #72

No one looks at or remembers the platform? Then how do you know... George II May 2018 #47

Lol..I do not know, which is why I asked whathehell May 2018 #67

I "only cited the one from way back in 2000"? I provided the 2016 platform for your review.... George II May 2018 #68

Just now you did, but not before.. whathehell May 2018 #70

Say what? You responded to the post where I provided the 2016 platform with excerpts (#47).... George II May 2018 #79

whathehell are you talking about. betsuni May 2018 #30

The HATE that is allowed to be posted here about the Democratic Party astounds me. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #43

Yeah, I did a double take on that one. C Moon May 2018 #44

K&R mountain grammy May 2018 #10

Yes!! whathehell May 2018 #12

Way to go Mark Pocan and Bernie Sanders. KPN May 2018 #13

Great idea. What are the chances it becomes law? BannonsLiver May 2018 #17

Zero if we never talk about it or give voters a reason to vote for our side... Hassin Bin Sober May 2018 #18

Hold on a sec, Dean Wormer wants to chime in BannonsLiver May 2018 #19

That's the problem. Bernie is a visionary. He has a lot of great ideas, unfortunately he smirkymonkey May 2018 #39

That "joining of forces" isn't likely to happen. There aren't many who are likely to cozy-up... NurseJackie May 2018 #69

Maybe people like Hillary whathehell May 2018 #84

Zero because we don't have any power...earliest would be 2021...I just don't believe in putting up Demsrule86 May 2018 #26

Well, at least until we take back congress. ehrnst May 2018 #46

What are the chances we want it to be law? n/t Orsino May 2018 #32

DURec leftstreet May 2018 #20

Even if it doesnt pass Clarity2 May 2018 #29

+ 10000. n/t. whathehell May 2018 #40

+10001 InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #78

Good move Senator. nt ladjf May 2018 #33

K&R.. disillusioned73 May 2018 #34

All part of the 2016 Democratic Party Platform. George II May 2018 #51

Good, so we can expect to see more bills in this vein. Its looking like a promising direction we're JCanete May 2018 #60

Yes, and there have been bills in this vein before by Democrats.... George II May 2018 #66

Excellent! vi5 May 2018 #81

Personally, I don't think employers should have a say or allowed to take any actions. LiberalFighter May 2018 #54

What Bernie bill has ever become law? wasupaloopa May 2018 #61

If this can become law, great! Dalida May 2018 #74

This is important alarimer May 2018 #83

"Right-to-Work" laws Proud Liberal Dem May 2018 #86

Yes whathehell May 2018 #91

Yeah Proud Liberal Dem May 2018 #95