Austin J. Wishart
@a-j-wishart.bsky.social
Labor Attorney.
Disclaimer: This is my personal account and is not related to, involved with, or reflective of my work at the National Labor Relations Board. Nothing on this page constitutes legal advice or endorsement.
Disclaimer: This is my personal account and is not related to, involved with, or reflective of my work at the National Labor Relations Board. Nothing on this page constitutes legal advice or endorsement.
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"Populist" Trump has fired an NLRB board member. Why?
1) It deadlocks the NLRB, maybe for his whole term, giving free rein to union busters.
2) SpaceX & Amazon are suing over the constitutionality of the NLRB. This is bait for SCOTUS to take the cases and blow apart the agency.
1) It deadlocks the NLRB, maybe for his whole term, giving free rein to union busters.
2) SpaceX & Amazon are suing over the constitutionality of the NLRB. This is bait for SCOTUS to take the cases and blow apart the agency.
January 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Populist" Trump has fired an NLRB board member. Why?
1) It deadlocks the NLRB, maybe for his whole term, giving free rein to union busters.
2) SpaceX & Amazon are suing over the constitutionality of the NLRB. This is bait for SCOTUS to take the cases and blow apart the agency.
1) It deadlocks the NLRB, maybe for his whole term, giving free rein to union busters.
2) SpaceX & Amazon are suing over the constitutionality of the NLRB. This is bait for SCOTUS to take the cases and blow apart the agency.
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No shit murder is bad. The jokes about the United CEO aren’t really about him; they’re about the rapacious healthcare system he personified and which Americans feel deep pain and humiliation about
December 4, 2024 at 11:17 PM
No shit murder is bad. The jokes about the United CEO aren’t really about him; they’re about the rapacious healthcare system he personified and which Americans feel deep pain and humiliation about
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The pain is so real. If you’re more upset about mean jokes than the suffering fueling them, you are deeply out of touch
December 5, 2024 at 12:45 AM
The pain is so real. If you’re more upset about mean jokes than the suffering fueling them, you are deeply out of touch
A simple but prossibly huge fix for our system could be amending corporate law, specifically in Delaware, to expand fiduciary duties to stakeholders, not just shareholders. This would give business leaders flexibility in weighing what's best for the bottom line and the company's health/employees.
November 22, 2024 at 11:49 AM
A simple but prossibly huge fix for our system could be amending corporate law, specifically in Delaware, to expand fiduciary duties to stakeholders, not just shareholders. This would give business leaders flexibility in weighing what's best for the bottom line and the company's health/employees.
Think the new version of "It's the economy, stupid" should be "Help people, dipshit." Materially deliver for the America people in real, tangible ways, and you will win. No more around-the-edges changes, provide transformative help for people and they'll return the favor come election day, dipshit.
November 22, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Think the new version of "It's the economy, stupid" should be "Help people, dipshit." Materially deliver for the America people in real, tangible ways, and you will win. No more around-the-edges changes, provide transformative help for people and they'll return the favor come election day, dipshit.
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Gonna blow some minds here, apparently, but: IT’S BOTH. I interview workers for a living, been doing it since Trump was first elected. The economic squeeze working people feel is real & it's been DECADES in the making. They're not imagining it. That's why the propaganda/disinformation sticks...
At some point we have to accept that the old "it's the economy, stupid" truism no longer applies - if it ever did.
Instead: lying works. Propaganda works. The incessant repetition of obvious nonsense - despite the ease with which they can be refuted - really really works.
Instead: lying works. Propaganda works. The incessant repetition of obvious nonsense - despite the ease with which they can be refuted - really really works.
The share of Republicans who say that they’re worse off financially than they were a year ago is already down 15-points since the election.
November 21, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Gonna blow some minds here, apparently, but: IT’S BOTH. I interview workers for a living, been doing it since Trump was first elected. The economic squeeze working people feel is real & it's been DECADES in the making. They're not imagining it. That's why the propaganda/disinformation sticks...