The president could invoke a 1947 law to try to suspend the dockworkers' strike. Here's how

https://apnews.com/article/port-strike-longshoremen-dockworkers-union-law-27c7eaa7b199fba1903a637eb6c7db0c

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KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 26 pts · 1y (2 replies)

He already stated that he has no intention of doing so. Hopefully he sticks with that.

cm0002@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y

I think so because of this

But experts like Brucher suggest that most voters have already made up their minds and that the election outcome is “really more about turnout” now.

Which means, Brucher said, that “Democrats really can’t afford to alienate organized labor.”

The strike couldn't happen at a more perfect time IMO, I hope every worker gets the raises they want!

fluxion@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Yah let their shitty employers deal with it. That's capitalism right?

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"I'm the most pro labor President in history!"

(Breaks strike)

Yeah, I don't see how that's going to work, especially after the rail strike which was slightly different.

https://time.com/6238361/joe-biden-rail-strike-illegal/

queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y

He's super-duper most pro-Labor, it's why he acted like Ronald Reagan to federal workers, and didn't even try to push for better protections for workers like LBJ.

MyOpinion@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Umm NO.

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