The United Farm Workers on Tuesday announced its endorsement of President Joe Biden for reelection, saying that the Democrat has proven throughout his life to be an ā€œauthentic championā€ for workers and their families, regardless of race or national origin.

The farm workersā€™ union was co-founded by Cesar Chavez, the late grandfather of Julie Chavez Rodriguez, who Biden named as his 2024 campaign manager. Her father, Arturo Rodriquez, is a past UFW president.

Julie Rodriguez and ā€œspecial guestsā€ were expected to formally announce the endorsement later Tuesday at Muranaka Farms in the city of Moorpark in southern California.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    21
    arrow-down
    1
    Ā·
    1 year ago

    Biden could fight ā€¦ā€¦ for anything.

    He literally just joined the UAW on the picket line. There is no point in fighting for a $15 minimum wage if congress will never go for it. And they wonā€™t with its current makeup. Itā€™s a non-started. Heā€™s not stupid and heā€™s not going to waste his time on fighting for things that wonā€™t happen.

    Anyway, people shouldnā€™t be fighting for any minimum wage. They should be fighting for a UBI.

      • btaf45@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        11
        Ā·
        1 year ago

        He did an amazing job when Dems had a 1/2 vote margin in the senate. But as long as the GOP controls congress, raising the minimum age is literally an impossibility.

        • burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          10
          Ā·
          1 year ago

          Fdr fought for social security and Medicare and workers rightsā€¦ā€¦ he called out senators who disagreed with him by name.

          He did not call folks who shut down his policy proposals ā€œmy good friendsā€

        • burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          10
          Ā·
          1 year ago

          If amazing job means calling senators who voted against your policy platform ā€œmy dear friendsā€, then okay I guessā€¦ā€¦ he did an amazing job at capitulating without putting up an ounce of fight. He didnā€™t call out anyone.

          He didnā€™t actually want the policies he claimed to stand for. He lied to us. He is a corporate neoliberal. He wouldnā€™t be a democrat if the republicans werenā€™t actually racist fascist sons of bitches. But they all take legal bribesā€¦.

          • btaf45@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            9
            arrow-down
            2
            Ā·
            1 year ago

            He didnā€™t call out anyone.

            You think all a prez has to do is ā€œcall out someoneā€ and then magically get Republicans to vote as Dems? LOL. Yes Bernie would have tried harder. But Bernie would have gotten the same results. Bernie told you that again and again and again when he said we need a ā€œpolitical revolutionā€ to change the entire congress, not just the president.

            He didnā€™t actually want the policies he claimed to stand for. He lied to us.

            No, you lied to us with this false statement. The policies he has already gotten passed have been amazing compared with all previous presidents. That you werenā€™t paying attention is on you, not Biden.