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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI can't wait for AOC to get some senority, she's ready ...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
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Food workers.
Grocery clerks.
Cashiers.
Delivery drivers.
Warehouse stockers.
They were never unskilled workers.
They were always essential.
And its WAY past time they got the respect they deserve w/ a living wage, paid sick leave, guaranteed healthcare, hazard pay, & more.
If a job needs to be done, it needs to pay a living wage.
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I can't wait for AOC to get some senority, she's ready ... (Original Post)
marble falls
Mar 2020
OP
I'm so ready to vote for her. I hope I'm on top of the grass when she runs for POTUS.
marble falls
Mar 2020
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ck4829
(35,082 posts)1. K&R. Keep AOC, retire the term "unskilled labor".
marble falls
(57,157 posts)3. There's a poster there.
Amishman
(5,559 posts)2. All of those jobs will be gone in 10 years due to automation
UBI is the real solution
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)4. She nailed it. I am really impressed. n/t
dchill
(38,517 posts)5. "Unskilled labor" applies more to the presidency...
...than any job where you need to know what you're doing.
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)7. The difference between AOC and Bernie is...
that she is building a progressive movement through the working class, not college kids.
malaise
(269,157 posts)8. Agree 100%
I love AOC
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)9. Love what she fights for. K&R
Ohiogal
(32,045 posts)10. +++++
Laelth
(32,017 posts)11. That's an awesome tweet.
AOC just needs a little time. We haven't heard the last of her by a long shot.
-Laelth
marble falls
(57,157 posts)12. I'm so ready to vote for her. I hope I'm on top of the grass when she runs for POTUS.