Sohrab Ahmari, sane and realistic as always, suggests how the Repooflicans could get along with unions.
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Beginning in the 1970s, pro-business Republicans—and some like-minded Democrats—tore down a New Deal order characterized by a high-wage, manufacturing-oriented economy and high union density. Free trade, deregulation, and de-unionization went hand-in-hand to enfeeble the labor movement. The types of working-class jobs increasingly on offer—services, instead of manufacturing—were harder to organize by definition.
Put another way, it was in large part Republicans who turned organized labor from an independent movement that used to be courted by both parties—Richard Nixon aggressively competed for the labor vote—into a sad client of one of the two parties. And then conservatives wonder why labor marches in lockstep with the Democrats.
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What should they do?
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Trust-building starts small. Populist Republicans in Washington, for example, could push lawmakers in their own states to welcome union involvement in apprenticeship and workforce development, one of the labor movement’s most remarkable capacities that will prove enormously useful in a new age of industrial war.
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On the dot as always. GUILDS DEVELOP SKILLS.
Unfortunately none of that will happen. Here’s what actually happens right now:
Repooflican “senator” literally challenges Teamster leader to a cage match. Bernie, in charge of the committee, tries to settle the infantile Repoof without any luck.
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