Here’s the Genuine Litmus Test for Biden’s Support of Unions

History shows that unions are the most powerful way to build a healthy and vibrant middle-class

Thom Hartmann
6 min readMar 2, 2021
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Joe Biden just took a remarkable step toward restoring the American middle class: he openly defended the right of workers in Alabama to unionize their Amazon facility.

“Today and over the next few days and weeks, workers in Alabama, and all across America, are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace,” Biden said, adding, “There should be no intimidation, no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda…”

In doing so, Joe Biden becomes the first Democratic president since Lyndon Johnson to openly side with workers trying to unionize against a specific major corporation.

Biden also, the day he was sworn into office, fired Peter Robb as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board; Trump had put Robb there because he was the guy who, during the Reagan administration, helped engineer the distruction of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO).

Later in his first week, President Biden signed an executive order guaranteeing Federal employees and contract workers collective bargaining rights and a $15-an-hour minimum wage.

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Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann

Written by Thom Hartmann

America’s #1 progressive talk show host & NY Times bestselling author. Thom’s writings also appear at HartmannReport.com.

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