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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate approves bill enforcing railroad labor agreement ahead of strike deadline, sends to Biden PUB
CNBC
The Senate passed legislation that would force a tentative rail labor agreement and thwart a national strike.
A separate vote on adding seven days of paid sick leave to the agreement failed.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/01/senate-passes-rail-labor-agreement-ahead-of-strike-sends-to-biden.html
NoRethugFriends
(2,345 posts)CrispyQ
(36,547 posts)That just doesn't seem right. And fuck Joe Manchin who doesn't want to set a precedent by giving rail workers sick pay, cuz you know, coal miners might want it too.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,474 posts)process but yes, it's garbage.
Beachnutt
(7,349 posts)that the RETHUGS voted it down.
President Biden said earlier that this would happen and that he will get the sick days passed for ALL workers very soon.
Reconciliation? Wouldnt that take like a month to prepare?
Beachnutt
(7,349 posts)in the Senate on the adding the 7 days in the resolution.
The Rethugs voted NO overwhelmingly
ColinC
(8,344 posts)Can they get a reconciliation bill quick enough? Will Manchin even vote for it?
Beachnutt
(7,349 posts)today regarding this
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Yeah it definitely sounds like a second term agenda item unless circumstances permit sooner
Earl_from_PA
(110 posts)Because a railroad strike would disrupt commerce, the government can intervene.
sarisataka
(18,855 posts)I am not really comfortable with Democrats taking the position of strike breaking. We have historically been the pro-labor party.
I don't recall sick time being a problem when train crews were larger. They could deal with a worker calling in, but now that a crew is only 2 or 3 a sick worker can mean a train cannot leave the yard.
honest.abe
(8,687 posts)I get the issue with paid sick leave but if Joe thinks this is the best deal we can get then I am ok with it.