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On top of economic woes, Biden faces national rail strike
Washington Times ^ | July 15, 2022 | Susan Ferrechio

Posted on 07/15/2022 10:12:06 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA

President Biden faces a Monday deadline to forestall a freight train rail strike that could further aggravate the nation’s supply chain problems.

Railroads and union workers have been unable to reach an agreement on a new contract and the rail companies are now seeking intervention from the Biden administration, which is weighing the appointment of an arbitration board to recommend a settlement.

The unions and rail companies are at the end of a 30-day “cooling-off” period that ends Monday, and without presidential intervention, a strike could be imminent.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; strike; unions
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It’s a perfect time to strike and hold the American supply chain and consumer hostage.

America is weak and vulnerable in so many ways. Effects of occasional events like strikes are amplified. Just imagine what a hurricane in the Gulf would do since Biden destroyed the petroleum industry.

1 posted on 07/15/2022 10:12:06 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
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To: ConservativeInPA

“I think I read this book before”, said Atlas as he shrugged


2 posted on 07/15/2022 10:13:31 AM PDT by john316 (JOSHUA 24:15 ...choose you this day whom ye will serve...)
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To: john316

Appropriate quote.


3 posted on 07/15/2022 10:14:23 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: ConservativeInPA
Biden should just yell at the union bosses the way he yells at average citizens. That should do the trick.


4 posted on 07/15/2022 10:15:40 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

They should hire bicyclists to carry freight along all those torn-up railroad tracks they made into bike paths.


5 posted on 07/15/2022 10:16:34 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: john316

President Mooch will get right on this.


6 posted on 07/15/2022 10:16:49 AM PDT by Indy Pendance
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To: ConservativeInPA

The more woes that can be piled on this prick the better.


7 posted on 07/15/2022 10:16:50 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Biden says he is going to call Woodrow Wilson for advice.


8 posted on 07/15/2022 10:18:14 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: P.O.E.

And for security, they can put cops on Big Wheels.


9 posted on 07/15/2022 10:18:51 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: ConservativeInPA

This is just ducky, coinciding with California’s AB 5 law coming into effect, which will put 70,000 independent truckers out of business.


10 posted on 07/15/2022 10:19:41 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: ConservativeInPA

How about a couple of segways as well?


11 posted on 07/15/2022 10:20:05 AM PDT by Indy Pendance
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To: P.O.E.

Good one.


12 posted on 07/15/2022 10:20:33 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Fiji Hill

Excellent observation.


13 posted on 07/15/2022 10:21:20 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Fiji Hill

“This is just ducky, coinciding with California’s AB 5 law coming into effect, which will put 70,000 independent truckers out of business”.

That could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.


14 posted on 07/15/2022 10:22:25 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: john316

TalyO’biden cartel feature not bug.

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Jigs up MSM.


15 posted on 07/15/2022 10:30:24 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: laplata

As a thought, why go full strike now? Suggest they just slow things down incrementally until a strike say 4-6 weeks from now. Time it with CA law to crash all at once.

Give Joey Crappy Pants multiple national issues to deal with at same time. Overload his pea brain and get him really really mad. Then watch him implode.


16 posted on 07/15/2022 10:34:35 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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I see what you mean but they want the system to collapse. Everything they have done or not done is accomplishing that.


17 posted on 07/15/2022 10:48:47 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: P.O.E.

“those torn-up railroad tracks they made into bike paths”

The Virginia Creeper railway path was turned into a bike trail because the railroad was to haul chestnut logs down the mountain, but a blight killed all of the chestnuts so that was curtains for the railroad.

Great bike trail. All downhill. My favorite!


18 posted on 07/15/2022 10:49:55 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: ConservativeInPA

here’s how Harry handled this problem in 1950:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-orders-army-to-seize-control-of-railroads


19 posted on 07/15/2022 11:00:14 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Indy Pendance

Much, I think you mean. Wesley Mouch.

Alias Peter Buttie-jigg.


20 posted on 07/15/2022 11:17:39 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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