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3. Going all the way back to Reagan...yep.

Reply to usonian (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 10:56 AM

Mar 26

They would crucify Eisenhower today, he was the last one standing for unions in the GOP.

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Reagan launched a broad attack on unions by breaking the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike, emboldening capital to attack unions through a series of devastating assaults at companies like Greyhound, Phelps Dodge, Massey, Caterpillar, Bridgestone/Firestone, and International Paper. The attack on labor was bolstered by a recession with high unemployment, which was explicitly engineered by the Federal Reserve to weaken the bargaining power of unions.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/ronald-reagan-donald-trump-labor-unions-election-2024

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It was always about the rich. GOP hid it behind racism. usonian Mar 26 #2

Going all the way back to Reagan...yep. Passages Mar 26 #3