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Topic Title: Remember the potential rail strike that Dementia Joe took care of?
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Created On: 11/29/2022 08:31 AM
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tpapablo

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Well, he was lying to us again. And now he is punting the whole thing to Congress. I would imagine that, if he did get involved, he made a strike more probable. That is his MO. So better Congress handle it. But if it does happen, watch out - things will go from bad to worse.

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 11/30/2022 04:05 AM
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crankit

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Of course the red shag carpet idiot contradicts him in the pressie!

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 11/30/2022 05:15 AM
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RustyTruck

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Joe Brandon blew it on this one. People working the railroads deserve paid sick time. It shouldn't even be controversial.

Nationalize the damn railroad if it's an essential service.

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 11/30/2022 06:47 AM
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Cole

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Isn't a federal law the right decision?

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 11/30/2022 06:52 AM
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RustyTruck

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No, forcing an unpopular contract on the workers is a sellout to the wealthy railroad bosses and the Chamber of Commerce.


"In the foreground of the dispute is the issue of paid sick time. More than one hundred thousand workers employed at America's railways do not currently receive paid sick days and face strict and punitive attendance policies that leave many with no weekends and little time off. At the Warren Buffett - owned BNSF, for example, workers are allotted a point balance that diminishes if they're unavailable for work - even in cases of illness or emergency. Those who reach a balance of zero can incur a ten- or twenty-day suspension, with a subsequent zero balance resulting in termination.

These are degrading terms of work no reasonable person would accept as fair. As engineer Ross Grooters put it to Mother Jones in September, workers are essentially "fighting for the basic right to be able to be people outside of the railroad." Michael Baldwin, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen - one of four unions that rejected the deal now likely to be imposed - explained that the problem has been long-standing but, for obvious reasons, has been of particular concern to workers over the past two years: "This became a glaring issue during the pandemic when we had members who were forced by their employers, the railroads, to stay home and quarantine without pay. But really it comes down to simple things like the flu for a day or two, or a sick child, and the ability to take a day or two paid."

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Edited: 11/30/2022 at 06:55 AM by RustyTruck
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Cole

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Originally posted by: RustyTruck

No, forcing an unpopular contract on the workers is a sellout to the wealthy railroad bosses and the Chamber of Commerce.


Where can I see the congressional legislation?



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 11/30/2022 07:00 AM
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RustyTruck

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Originally posted by: Cole

Originally posted by: RustyTruck



No, forcing an unpopular contract on the workers is a sellout to the wealthy railroad bosses and the Chamber of Commerce.




Where can I see the congressional legislation?


Not yet created, but Biden has released the following statement that his intention is to force the workers to accept the contract they voted against because it doesn't address the problem with time off.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/brie...ting-a-rail-shutdown/

"I am calling on Congress to pass legislation immediately to adopt the Tentative Agreement between railroad workers and operators - without any modifications or delay - to avert a potentially crippling national rail shutdown."

"...As a proud pro-labor President, I am reluctant to override the ratification procedures and the views of those who voted against the agreement. But in this case - where the economic impact of a shutdown would hurt millions of other working people and families - I believe Congress must use its powers to adopt this deal."




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 11/30/2022 07:14 AM
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OBX

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Originally posted by: RustyTruck Joe Brandon blew it on this one. People working the railroads deserve paid sick time. It shouldn't even be controversial......
EXACTLY!!!!

So the follow up question should be, why is it being sold as "controversial" when it shouldn't even be a controversy in the first place?

Two things come to mind:
1. Its being done on purpose, to further cripple the economy

or

2. Shear and utter incompetence.


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Edited: 11/30/2022 at 07:14 AM by OBX
 11/30/2022 08:43 AM
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dingpatch

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We need to keep the trains running. 18 Wheelers use to much petroleum. Trains use coal.


LOL

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 11/30/2022 08:53 AM
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StirfryMcflurry

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Originally posted by: dingpatch Trains use coal. LOL
and coal uses....NSR I'm slaying me!!!
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