“I met Joe Biden,” Smalls said, referring to the 2022 meeting where the president referred to him as “my kind of trouble.”
Smalls was less enthusiastic. “I met [Biden], I met a lot of these politicians that we thought would be looking out for the working class. And y’all — there ain’t no cavalry coming. I met with Joe Biden for an hour, and I don’t remember the conversation — it was that bad. When I left the White House, I felt empty.”
Six months after that meeting, Amazon secured an $8 billion loan from the federal government. “And that just told me right there that, once again, if we don’t organize, nothing’s going to be given to us. Nobody’s going to be held accountable,” Smalls said.
“So it’s a must. It’s our duty. Because we’re at a point of no return. We have to organize ourselves. Because no amount of money in the world can stop the power of people when we come together.”
Also why in the hell is a giant corporation like Amazon, with pockets do deep they exceed the GDP of many countries, getting a loan from the federal government. Make it make sense.
That part seems wrong. Amazon has to announce stuff like that. SEC filing on the loan has a list of all the lenders and none of them are the government.
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000119312523000849/d429499dex101.htm
WTF is the government doing loaning tax payer dollars to the richest man in the world?
Rich people don’t stay rich by spending their money. They get money in order to be able to spend other people’s money.
They tried to get a minimum wage increase out, it ended with this
Of course good ol Bernie Sanders is out there in the crowd with the workers. He’s the only authentic, legit politician I’ve ever seen.
Amazon sued the NLRB, arguing that the agency was unconstitutional and deprived the company of its First Amendment rights
Companies don’t have first amendment rights, motherfucker! They’re not people. IDC what some dumb ass Regan era law said. People are held accountable for their actions, and American companies are not. No rights without accountability.
Keep Bernie’s Legacy going https://youtu.be/ZlZaVtCT5HI
While I agree that Biden isn’t really helping labor out, Smalls has been a disappointment in how he runs the union he helped start.
Read the article, it links to another explaining Chris small’s own union complaining about his refusal to hold elections, they’ve asked a judge to force an election because Chris smalls refuses to do so after changing the union charter without a vote…
It can be both - Biden admin has objectively done more for workers than most American presidents AND it’s still not enough. Acknowledge both in criticism. Look at the auto workers Union president and see the more balanced approach there - hold his feet to the fire and reserve your endorsement, make them take some action to earn the endorsement, then don’t take the pressure off after giving it.
This just feels like anti labor press working to divide people that are overwhelmingly on the same side. Smalls isn’t trained for this work, he’s organically found himself in this position and he motivates people which is good, but it will always be easy for the machine to use his words against him as he’s not the classic polished, careful representative typically in that spot.