Utah governor signs collective bargaining ban for teachers, firefighters and police unions

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

31. Labor Rights aren't a moderate issue and a bipartisan consensus

isn't going to enhance the rights of workers, because you won't find support for workers among today's GOP (not that you ever could). What happened in the last election happened. It's over. The question, it seems to me, is what's going to happen in future. This is only a part of the GOP agenda, and you've got to admire their unity and perseverance in attaining it. They've been looking to destroy the benefits to ordinary folks allowed by the New Deal since FDR's administration, pretty much without wavering. Democrats? Well, some of them have helped the GOP do this, historically. Remember the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947? And it hasn't been just the Dixiecrats. Manchin was just the latest worst example, and he had plenty of help that didn't get the publicity.

Now, what are we going to about it? I'm assuming from the response to this post that you folks, as representatives of the rank-and-file, are against this move to crush labor in Utah. Which of our elected leaders are interesting in expanding the New Deal to match our goals and our times, instead of standing back while the GOP destroys it, or just complaining loudly in front of cameras after the fact? I mean, assuming there ever is voting in future, what questions will you ask of party officials and those seeking elected office BEFORE deciding who to vote for? If there aren't elections, what tactics can you think of to counter this march to authoritarianism and enable the strategy of making ordinary folks' lives better?