• GreyYeti@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    It did seem weird to me that Harris or any of the other democratic candidates campaigned on remote work. Seems like a smart pro-worker position to take that would directly impact a group she was trying to court: college educated professionals who skew male. Plus lower environmental impact, cheaper gas, more opportunities for working parents, etc.

    The cynical reason I assume it wasn’t a talking point is because the 1% who directed the media conversation had a vested interest in return to pre-Covid status quo.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      3 hours ago

      Campaigning on remote work doesn’t really resonate with blue collar workers, though.

      They’ve got to be where the work actually is to do their job.

      It’s only the “paper pushers” who have the provelege of working remotely.