Mike Rowe, of "Dirty Jobs" fame, uses a dubiously earned 'credibility' as a '#bluecollar guy', to smuggle anti-#worker, anti-#labor, anti-#union, and Libertarian-tinged conservative ideas into work which ostensibly glorifies those same groups of people.

Join us as we talk about how/why he has chosen this path.

TL;DR - Mike Rowe is making BIG BANK by spreading billionaire and industry lies about the people he supposedly speaks for. #unions #solidarity #unionstrong

https://youtu.be/6wXglYwbnzo?si=Kl0EpCOUCUcyvSCy

Should have a new episode out in the next 24 hrs discussing how Mike Rowe smuggles right-wing, anti-labor, anti-worker ideology beneath a blue collar costume that many people have a hard time seeing through. #mikerowe #dirtyjobs #bluecollar #labor #laborradiopod #union #unions #solidarity #marx

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#Politics #VPOTUS

This morning, the #TalkingHeads started saying that #Harris only chose #Walz over #Shapiro because it was the "safe" choice.

Now, they're saying that it was the "smart" choice.

IMO, it was always the SMARTER choice.

Shaprio isn't going anywhere & he'll be in #PA as governor to support the #HarrisWalz ticket. So, Harris didn't need Shapiro to win in #PA.

However, Walz can help Harris with the #disaffected #white #male #bluecollar & #rural voters who are unhappy with #Drumpf (but didn't see another choice until now) not only in PA but also in the #Midwest (where he's from) & across the country in red & purple districts & states which could also benefit the Dems in Congressional & Senate races, not just the race for #POTUS .

Note that, Walz was a #Dem who represented a rural #GOP
#Congressional district for over a decade.

Shaprio would have ONLY helped Harris in PA & he would have alienated the type of voters Walz is more likely to attract.

So, Walz was definitely the SMARTER choice!

The #UAW members want, among other things, a 32-hour work week. While still getting paid for 40 hours. This is not as far-fetched as it seems at first glance.
Basically, it would be the equivalent of a 25% increase in hourly wage, which isn't that far from what the #BigThree are already offering.
The City of #Montreal's #BlueCollar employees went through a similar situation in the '90s. Once the Union demonstrated it resulted in actual savings for the employer, it was adopted.

2014: "learn to code"

2024: "learn to rewire"

“If you know a young person who wants to do something that’s going to help the world and wants to make a good living at the same time, tell them to go become an electrician.”

#bluecollar #labor #tech #workplace

https://www.newyorker.com/news/dept-of-energy/the-great-electrician-shortage