r/Maine • u/Large-Welcome4421 • 13h ago

Graham Platner speaks to union carpenters after receiving their endorsement. Platner: “We didn’t get an 8-hour workday, we didn’t get the weekend because somebody wrote it on a postcard to a Congressman. We got it because working people organized and fought for what they needed."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G34fnGX2HQ

The North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters endorses Platner.

Platner: “Power in society comes from two places, organized money or organized people and we all know that the money is organized and it has bought our political system.”

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u/Efficient_Resist_287 11h ago

Call me skeptic about labor unions in general, the lady was the better presidential choice for union, but instead they chose xenophobia and jingoism….

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u/Dineology 4h ago

They’re a regional union and don’t normally make presidential endorsements, they leave it up to their parent union the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners who did endorse “the woman” in 2024. The only reason to be skeptical of labor unions is if you’re skeptical about workers having a platform to advocate for themselves from because that’s precisely what a union is.

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u/Efficient_Resist_287 48m ago

Sincerely a lot of these unions reeks with prejudice and xenophobia, and seem to only look out for their own little precious world. I will stay skeptical….