• banneryear1868@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah a US president can only be symbolically pro-union at this point, the institution they represent is inherently in conflict with workers and directly kept in power by employers and corporations.

    Bidens’ biggest impact on workers was reducing ways to escape bankruptcy and file chapter 11 through the Consumer Protection Act. He’s spent his whole political career helping corporations and credit card companies in Delaware.

    This is an indication that the Democrat party sees an advantage in pandering to union workers, maybe it will benefit workers a bit too, it’s not a bad thing. The problem is as you say, the unions and labor relation isn’t the point when this is covered, it’s about making a politician look a certain way.