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.
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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
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
They should invite Trump to hold a rally.He could end the strike and throw a great rally.
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
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
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
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
Fine by me.
Will anyone even notice?
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.
Sheeeyit. They’re probably striking so they won’t be forced to attend it.
How will the social justice, sj, Jesuits, handle this criticism of their university?
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.
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And? Good news.
And what is Kamala Harris doing? Crying in her beer that she’s too incompetent to run a presidential campaign.
Thank goodness!!
“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?
ASK US IF WE CARE???
HELL NO WE DON’T...
Virtue signaling is a dangerous contagious disease.
It turns its victims into leftist zombies.
I pronounce the Democrats dead on arrival.
Shouldn’t that say BARTENDER WHO STEALS TIPS and HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE DROP OUT?
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