Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Several Democratic candidates threaten to skip next week’s presidential debate in Los Angeles
Washington Post ^ | 12/14/19 | Amy B Wang

Posted on 12/13/2019 12:54:05 PM PST by conservative98

All of the presidential candidates who qualified for next week’s Democratic debate are threatening to skip the event in response to a labor dispute taking place at the debate venue, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), businessman Andrew Yang, former vice president Joe Biden, billionaire activist Tom Steyer, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Friday they would refuse to cross picket lines in solidarity with Unite Here Local 11, which represents food service workers at the university who have been negotiating for a collective bargaining agreement.

“UniteHere11 is fighting for better wages and benefits — and I stand with them,” Warren tweeted Friday afternoon. “The DNC should find a solution that lives up to our party’s commitment to fight for working people. I will not cross the union’s picket line even if it means missing the debate.”

Sanders and Yang followed shortly afterward with their own vows.

“We must live our values and there is nothing more core to the Democratic Party than the fight for working people,” Yang tweeted.

Within a few hours, Biden, Steyer, Klobuchar and Buttigieg had followed suit with public statements in support of the union.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; US: Delaware; US: Indiana; US: Massachusetts; US: Minnesota; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: allwhiteallthetime; amyklobuchar; andrewyang; berniesanders; clowncar; debates; delaware; demdebate; elizabethwarren; fauxahontas; indiana; joebiden; joeclowncarbiden; losangeles; loyolamarymount; massachusetts; mikepence; minnesota; petebuttigieg; slingingbull; southbend; tomsteyer; uniteherelocal11; vermont
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-43 next last
To: conservative98
Booker now following the heard. 2 hours ago...

The dignity of work must always be promoted and protected. I support @UNITEHERE11 in their fight for fair wages and benefits. No Democratic candidate should cross the picket line.— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) December 13, 2019


21 posted on 12/13/2019 2:04:51 PM PST by conservative98
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: conservative98
So courageous for everyone to keep following the heard:

I take the debate stage to stand up for workers’ rights, not to undermine them.

I stand in solidarity with the workers of @UNITEHERE11 at Loyola Marymount University and I will not cross their picket line.— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) December 13, 2019


22 posted on 12/13/2019 2:06:40 PM PST by conservative98
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

They should invite Trump to hold a rally.He could end the strike and throw a great rally.


23 posted on 12/13/2019 2:07:35 PM PST by cnsmom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: conservative98
Joe Biden, follower.

I won't be crossing a picket line. We’ve got to stand together with @UniteHere11 for affordable health care and fair wages. A job is about more than just a paycheck. It's about dignity. https://t.co/nn4tb5q8wt— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) December 13, 2019


24 posted on 12/13/2019 2:08:07 PM PST by conservative98
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: conservative98
Nobody gives a freep what you do!

I won’t cross the @UniteHere11 picket line to attend next week’s debate. We must live our values and there is nothing more core to the Democratic Party than the fight for working people. I support @UniteHere11 in their fight for the compensation and benefits they deserve.— Andrew Yang🧢 (@AndrewYang) December 13, 2019


25 posted on 12/13/2019 2:09:34 PM PST by conservative98
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: conservative98
I trust nobody wants Tom Steyer at the debate anyway so you're doing them a favor.

I support @UNITEHERE11. If their dispute with @sodexoUSA is not resolved before the debate, I will not cross the picket line. I trust the DNC will find a solution ahead of the debate, and I stand with @LoyolaMarymount workers in their fight for fair wages and benefits.— Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) December 13, 2019


26 posted on 12/13/2019 2:11:42 PM PST by conservative98
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: conservative98
Another sheep.

As I said at my event with labor leaders here in Miami, I will not cross the picket line and I will stand with @UniteHere11 to fight for the dignity of work.— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) December 13, 2019


27 posted on 12/13/2019 2:13:06 PM PST by conservative98
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: conservative98

Fine by me.


28 posted on 12/13/2019 2:23:02 PM PST by PistolPaknMama
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: conservative98

Will anyone even notice?


29 posted on 12/13/2019 2:29:21 PM PST by cyclotic (Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dilbert San Diego

I’m surprised Yang is going along with it. The Dems are doing everything in their power to keep Yang and/or Gabbard from gaining momentum. The Choosers have already lost control of the narrative because Biden, Kamela, Corey, aren’t cutting it. I’m wondering it the Impeachment Sideshow isn’t part of that.


30 posted on 12/13/2019 2:29:34 PM PST by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: conservative98

Sheeeyit. They’re probably striking so they won’t be forced to attend it.


31 posted on 12/13/2019 2:32:14 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: conservative98

How will the social justice, sj, Jesuits, handle this criticism of their university?


32 posted on 12/13/2019 2:51:40 PM PST by Marchmain (safe, legal and wrong)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: conservative98
We must live our values and there is nothing more core to the Democratic Party than the fight for working people,” Yang tweeted.

Then Steyer, Bloomberg, Warren, Biden et al spread their wealth among the 'working people.
Keep a million and give the rest away.
No? That's what I thought.

33 posted on 12/13/2019 3:06:56 PM PST by Vinnie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cnsmom
They should invite Trump to hold a rally.He could end the strike and throw a great rally.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LOLOLOLOL~~~~~

34 posted on 12/13/2019 3:15:15 PM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: conservative98

And? Good news.


35 posted on 12/13/2019 3:15:51 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: conservative98

And what is Kamala Harris doing? Crying in her beer that she’s too incompetent to run a presidential campaign.

Thank goodness!!


36 posted on 12/13/2019 3:40:17 PM PST by upchuck (However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. W. Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: conservative98

“A job is about more than just a paycheck. It’s about dignity.”

Biden said that? I don’t think he’s ever had a real job in his life, has he?


37 posted on 12/13/2019 3:49:53 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: conservative98

ASK US IF WE CARE???

HELL NO WE DON’T...


38 posted on 12/13/2019 3:59:18 PM PST by haircutter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: grania

Virtue signaling is a dangerous contagious disease.

It turns its victims into leftist zombies.

I pronounce the Democrats dead on arrival.


39 posted on 12/13/2019 4:04:35 PM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: conservative98

Shouldn’t that say BARTENDER WHO STEALS TIPS and HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE DROP OUT?


40 posted on 12/13/2019 4:28:06 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-43 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson