Perhaps the President has a trick up his sleeves....... we can only hope.President Joe Biden announced Monday that he was siding with freight rail bosses against their workers, who have been at daggers drawn for over half a year. It’s well within Biden’s power to do so — but it is unquestionably a big mistake on his part.
Not only is he badly damaging a valuable pro-labor reputation he has hitherto carefully cultivated, but his decision may also well create the very shipping snarls he’s trying to avoid.
Using the Railway Labor Act’s authority, the government forced the two sides to negotiate, which produced a tentative agreement on Sept. 15. But four out of 12 unions, representing more than half of unionized freight rail employees, voted the agreement down.
The biggest quibble: The agreement did not have the four days of paid sick leave seen as a bare minimum concession. Since the unions have agreed to respect each other’s decisions, this set the stage for a strike starting Dec. 9.
Not only is Biden badly damaging a valuable pro-labor reputation, but his decision may also well create the very shipping snarls he’s trying to avoid
Under that same act, Congress and Biden can make such a strike illegal simply by passing a resolution.
Politico reported that Biden and other top Democrats are worried both about the economic damage a strike would cause and how Republicans would respond to the situation after taking control of the House of Representatives next year. Leaders in Congress are moving fast:
The House on Wednesday passed a bill by a vote of 290-137 to avert a strike, sending it over to the Senate. (They also passed a second bill — which includes seven sick days for workers — and will leave it to the Senate to decide how to proceed.)
Opinion | Biden's support for unions has jumped the tracks
The most pro-union president in decades sided against labor — and may cause the very economic strife he's trying to avoid.
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If people don’t want republicans ****ing with their lives, then they need to support Democratic candidates all over the countryPerhaps the President has a trick up his sleeves....... we can only hope.
Democrats cannot continue to live in fear of the fake republican party................... the middle class needs to know the democrats will always be there. Middle class = those who pay the bills.
One paid sick day is not fair nor is it enough! Railroads require huge tax dollar subsidies we taxpayers should get something for our money .......at least 7 paid sick days for railroad employees.
“I know that many in Congress shared my reluctance to override the union ratification procedures. But in this case, the consequences of a shutdown were just too great for working families all across the country,” Biden said in the statement.
And he is absolutely right.
Your thread title, thus your post, is BS. Where did you come up with “a minimum of 7 paid work days”? IMHO, employees should be fully paid for all of their “work days”.
If you really meant to say paid for additional non-work days (additional days off for simply claiming not to have felt well?) then why did you change the union’s demand from initially 15 days (and eventually 4 days) to 7 days?
Why? They're just another special interest group.
If libertarians ran this country, we would still have buggies, candles and children dying from bacterial infections.Libertarian ideology is trash.
Fine, you deliver your own goods. See how that works.
Fine, you deliver your own goods. See how that works.
This is the false dilemma fallacy, where you pretend the only two choices are to funnel tax dollars to a special interest group or to "delivery your own goods".
Biden had two choices......political suicide by going against the union or the worst political suicide of siding with them and creating a giant recession......he choice the lesser of two evils.......
If libertarians ran this country, we would still have buggies, candles and children dying from bacterial infections.
This "opinion piece" from the OP is a good illustration of what is wrong with the current political climate.
Every union involved did not get everything they wanted therefor Biden made a choice to "not stand with railroad workers" is epic political nonsense.
Not really.And so we say “**** the railroad workers”, and they should say “**** us” right back and strike anyways.
Not really.
Only 4 of the 12 unions did not agree to original proposal.
And the sticking point for the 4 who did not agree was the 7 days of paid sick leave, which they have been told is still an area of discussion.
Do you know that it was Senate Republicans who blocked paid sick days? Biden and the Democrats were all for it. Democrats passed a bill in the House granting paid sick days. Senate Republicans killed it.Let the workers decide!!!!!
Opinion | Biden's support for unions has jumped the tracks
The most pro-union president in decades sided against labor — and may cause the very economic strife he's trying to avoid.www.msnbc.com
The president could have vetoed then sent it back demanding 7 paid sick days be included. As it stands the employees are still screwed.Do you know that it was Senate Republicans who blocked paid sick days? Biden and the Democrats were all for it. Democrats passed a bill in the House granting paid sick days. Senate Republicans killed it.
exactly .......This above sentence is nonsense. We're not dealing with a complicated issue, but rather cutting a smidge into corporate profits to provide paid sick leave.
WE do not have hard evidence that a giant recession would occur......Biden had two choices......political suicide by going against the union or the worst political suicide of siding with them and creating a giant recession......he choice the lesser of two evils.......
Those 4 unions represent the vast majority of railroad workers.
Do you honestly think the Senate Republicans would ever agree to 7 paid sick days?The president could have vetoed then sent it back demanding 7 paid sick days be included. As it stands the employees are still screwed.
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