Trump's first 100 day plan sounds like an epic disaster, but how many people will stand up to him?
This was posted yesterday on another forum I follow, so it looks like there is some reaction:
First, this will be short since I'm on a short break at work. So sorry for the sloppiness. And this happened around 10:15 a.m.
But I have to repeat The Who: "The kids are alright!"
I work, teaching EFL/ESL in San Francisco's Financial District, along Montgomery Street a.k.a. "Wall Street West" where banks like Wells Fargo and Bank of America were founded, and thousand and thousands of kids just marched down the street. It looked like all the city's high schools cleared out because the procession of quickly and spiritedly marching students took several city blocks.
Office workers flooded out of high-rises and cheered the youth on. Food workers came out of restaurants with massive pans and metal ladles to beat a rhythm as they celebrated the kids too. Same with the ubiquitous construction workers. Granted 85% of the city voted the traditional Democratic Party line for political hack Hillary, but just the same it was inspiring. Like a massive street party.
Gotta go back to work, but one of my left-liberal co-workers just said "we should all do a general strike so we can go out and join the kids." Now that's the spirit!
There's a report here:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-protest-trump-20161109-story.htmlOn the other hand there's this response from the AFL-CIO, the US equivalent of the TUC:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/afl-cios-trumka-ready-to-work-with-trump/article/2607017AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka offered a tentative olive branch to President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday, saying that the nation's largest labor federation was willing to try to meet him part way on economic policy issues.
Trumka had been one of Trump's harshest critics during the campaign, repeatedly calling him a "racist" and mobilizing union support on behalf of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
In a statement emailed to reporters, Trumka said his organization accepted the outcome of the election and offered Trump "our congratulations." He said organized labor was obliged to try to work with Trump for the good of the nation.
"Ultimately, the fundamental duty of America's president, symbolized by swearing to uphold our Constitution, is to protect and preserve our democracy and the institutions that make it real. We hope to work with President-elect Trump to help him carry out this solemn responsibility. Regardless, America's labor movement will protect our democracy and safeguard the most vulnerable among us," Trumka said.
He added that election was a referendum "on trade, on restoring manufacturing, on reviving our communities. We will work to make many of those promises a reality. If he is willing to work with us, consistent with our values, we are ready to work with him."
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