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<blockquote data-quote="Its_a_me" data-source="post: 5646098" data-attributes="member: 93115">The Teamsters are a local and state level political power that drives turnout at the polls. They have large PACs that give to both Republican and Democrat candidates. They also give to individual candidates. They have lobbyists that help shape laws.I don&#039;t think any branch of our government wants to be near a decision that goes against them for fear of political reprisals. As far as public sympathy: why do you think O&#039;Brien is leaning so hard into the pandemic hero imagery and talking about the guys behind the scenes that loaded the trucks? And the words poverty wages come out so much. You can&#039;t get sympathy for driver wages from the public--but part timers making less than $20 an hour some after having been with the company for 1 decade. Yeah, they can sell that. And the best part: it plays into the union&#039;s playbook of being able to organize Amazon by showing their part-timers what can be gained by unionizing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Its_a_me, post: 5646098, member: 93115"] The Teamsters are a local and state level political power that drives turnout at the polls. They have large PACs that give to both Republican and Democrat candidates. They also give to individual candidates. They have lobbyists that help shape laws. I don't think any branch of our government wants to be near a decision that goes against them for fear of political reprisals. As far as public sympathy: why do you think O'Brien is leaning so hard into the pandemic hero imagery and talking about the guys behind the scenes that loaded the trucks? And the words poverty wages come out so much. You can't get sympathy for driver wages from the public--but part timers making less than $20 an hour some after having been with the company for 1 decade. Yeah, they can sell that. And the best part: it plays into the union's playbook of being able to organize Amazon by showing their part-timers what can be gained by unionizing. [/QUOTE]

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