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Dan Osborn led a strike at Kellogg’s. Now he’s aiming for a Nebraska Senate seat (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] djsoren19@yiffit.net 16 points 6 months ago

If you're one of the many leftists on Lemmy who likes to bitch about how awful the options the DNC gives American voters and you live in Nebraska, seriously consider helping his campaign. Union leaders are exactly the kind of politicians you want fighting for worker protections. Change doesn't happen overnight, it takes small wins like one pro-labor Senator taking the seat from one owned by corporation, and those small wins add up over time.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

It also means he’s experienced in reading legislation, which is the primary function of a Senator, despite what all the politicians seem to think.

[-] autotldr 4 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada – these are the swing states most pundits expect will decide the 2024 election.

Three years ago, Dan Osborn led the Nebraska leg of a US-wide strike against cereal giant Kellogg’s as the company pushed for concessions in a new union contract despite posting record profits during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Osborn is running as an independent and says he hasn’t yet decided who will get his vote come November but his pro-labor, pro-choice views are unlikely to sit well with conservative Republicans.

Improving railroad safety is a part of Osborn’s campaign platform, along with cannabis legalization, enacting congressional term limits, lowering tax rates for small business owners and the middle class, and improving pay and support for veterans.

“We’re dealing with people like Deb Fischer who take corporate PAC money and they vote accordingly,” added Osborn.

Osborn is a long shot for Nebraska but he’s hoping that his story will resonate with people who are fed up with business as usual and a 1% that seem to think “let them eat cereal” is an answer to income inequality.

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