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  • While I still think he’s a dumb coward for not taking a side, I feel he’s also playing a lot of internal political games too.

    On a whole, Harris will be miles better for unions than the orange rapist, for sure. I guarantee he knows that. But far too many blue collar union members have either A. Bought the propaganda that Trump is the “working man’s candidate” (lol), or B. Have internally made the decision that being racist against immigrants is more important than the very organization that allows them to maintain a living wage. So he finds himself stuck in the ugly position of needing to do the right then for the union, but also not wanting to lose support of the members and undermining the union’s entire power structure in the future (and probably getting himself canned). The only winning move is not to play.

    Let’s also not forget this guy spoke at the RNC… which looks good to said members above but does not really commit to their side.

    Meh. Guess the local chapters will have to pick up the slack, and I think they will.
















  • I haven’t kept close track for a year so I think it’s gone up again but my shared bill in Oregon typically was around $250 at I think ~14-15c/kwh. A majority of our power comes from the BPA hydro dams on the Columbia so the cost hasn’t quite skyrocketed like other areas, but Pacificorp is still trying to raise rates 20% a year.

    (We are rural and also use electricity for pumping water from a domestic well, and irrigate a fairly large lawn as a wildfire break, so that is also our water bill.)

    PG&E is just criminal.