1. Beneath all the talk of national unity, the pandemic has unleashed a ferocious class war. The latest example is Trump deploying the Defense Protection Act to bolster meat packing plants, a major vector of the disease.https://twitter.com/rachsieg/status/1255217845346148358 …
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3. Iowa governor Kim Reynolds is also sending a signal: that employees who don't return to dangerous workplaces will be seen as quitting and thus not eligible for unemployment. The message: work (at the risk of death) or starve.
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4. All the current chatter about “disincentives to work" (heard in Canada as well) is part of the class war. The idea is to keep people working at life-threatening jobs for as little money as possible. More thoughts here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/meatpacking-coronavirus-class-war/ …
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No. It's not a 'signal.' If he does this, it shields plants from liability when they keep forcing workers to work unsafely. This is all about protecting corporate America -- and a Trump crony -- from responsibility to ensure profitability.
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Populism!
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I’m sure the meat packing industry has donated HUGE amounts to trump campaign. Can anyone take a look at that?
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The forced labor doesn't hurt Trump and his rich buddies.
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if prez hears meat plants need to close because of covid threats to workers, how about acting to decrease threats to workers? instead of just ordering them to risk their lives for hamberders. there are ways DC could support
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Check out what's going on in Crete, Nebraska. The workers & families are frustrated and fearful of what's going on.https://twitter.com/RomuMediaLLC/status/1257041174080167936?s=19 …
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