Why did working class vote gravitate towards...


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Posted by ClockBlocker on December 05, 2024 at 20:52:15

... Trump in 2024?

Seems like Biden admin did more for working class than any admin in last 30 years

Once Trump was in office, he abandoned his vow to help America’s forgotten workers. Instead, he cut taxes on the wealthy. Trump appointed Peter Robb, a former management attorney, as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, which issued a series of anti-worker rulings, including one that restricted the ability of union organizers to communicate with employees. By contrast, many scholars regard Biden’s Administration as the most pro-labor since F.D.R.’s. In Biden’s first year, the N.L.R.B. ordered employers to reinstate more workers who had been illegally fired for protected activity, such as participation in a union, than it had during Trump’s entire Presidency, and the agency has defended workers involved in organizing drives at companies like Amazon and Starbucks. In 2023, Biden walked a picket line in Michigan with striking members of the United Auto Workers, a gesture of solidarity no other sitting President has performed. (Harris walked a U.A.W. picket line in Nevada in 2019.) Biden also oversaw a boom in domestic manufacturing and construction, which was spurred by legislation—such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—that required workers’ salaries for government-funded building projects to reflect “prevailing wages,” thus encouraging the hiring of union labor.

This article came out 9/30, five weeks before the election. Reading it, there were clear danger signs for the democrats. 60% of voters in PA are "working class" (ie, no college degree) citizens.



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