Posted on 09/14/2022 3:04:35 PM PDT by fwdude
Little do people know that this administration has tried to avert total disaster amid a rail strike set to effect Friday at midnight. Thirty percent of the nation’s freight would be shuttered, and the cost per day to the US economy will be around $2 billion. Most passenger and commuter rail services will also cease operating. Ten of the twelve major railway unions have agreed to the new agreements, though the two largest, which represent engineers and conductors, has not signed off. They still have lingering questions about sick leave and penalties for missing work. Thus far, these two are holding their ground, while the other ten unions said they would also strike in solidarity.
As Spencer wrote, the Biden White House has been trying to overcome these negotiation roadblocks since the spring.
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I said that same thing to my wife this AM. Bidet will claim victory and the enemedia will broadcast it 24/7.
Aha! I’m a FReeper! I know what “decimates” means!
“Unions, and particularly railroad unions, are solid Democrat through and through. “
I suppose you polled the membership, right?
Biden’s not running, and I doubt that the settlement of a rail strike would help a guy like Ralph Warnock. Also, the disruptions don’t stop overnight just because they chisel out an agreement... The damage caused by supply chain disruptions will last for months. Meanwhile communters in the eastern seaboard will be pissed off as hell.
He is equally as big at blowing other peoples money. Like he did last night in New Hampshire. The schmuck and McCarty blew $10 million in one week.
No mention of oil pipes from Canada going on strike
Hmmm...
Yet another reason why moving oil by rail and not by pipeline is a really bad idea...
Another product where this is going to hurt is moving coal - even if it’s just to a waterway where it can then go on a barge or ship. That’s a slightly different case of course, but, the fallout of a strike would be nasty.
Good grief who talked them into that? Long term disability insurance is pretty cheap or at least it used to be.
I have no idea why and when the unions traded sick days for long-term disability. It was way b4 my time. To continue, the first 6 months off pays very well. There are 2 plans one draws the money off of. The second 6 months, one of them goes away. And I think there is a way to still draw something after the first year. I don’t know because I got my disability approved right around the one year mark.
Also, I should have mentioned earlier, I know the clerks get annual sick days. And the ones I talked to over the years, would not ever trade them for long-term like other unions did.
Another thing, after I left, the company cracked down on any and all time off (including actual sickness). This is one of the sticking points that has pissed off all union workers. That’s why they are at this impasse.
Horse hockey. They can go as long as they please.
Yeah right.
McConnell isn’t devastating anything or anyone.
Decimates. I do not think that word means what they think it means
Exactly. Biden the hero!
4 WC sliders, small fry, small drink was 8 bucks this week.
LET’S GO BRANDON!
Anti-inflation magic of Biden and Congress must not be working yet. Sprinkle magic dust again and chant the Dem mantras. Or cut down on eating.
Cheapest non-meat Taco Bell item near me was my favorite: bean burrito minus onions. Was $1.10, $1.25, $1.59 and suddenly $2.79 which used to be the beef price. Plain taco way up, too. I used to eat Mexican Pizza and before that the beef enchirito (with olive slices on top). Too pricy. The old small restaurant price for a lunch plate now gets you one fast food good item only.
I can't afford to be poor any more.
You are correct ... it is all for the optics.
The Unions will get what they want at the last minute (the script is already written that way).
And the medial will hail the Fraud as a hero.
“ I can’t imagine McConnell decimating anyone about anything”
The ONLY person this creep of a man would ever decimate is Trump and his supporters
If the Turtle was on fire screaming for help, I wouldn’t cross the street to piss on him.
He’s worse than a declared Democrat. He’s pond scum paid for by Chinese masters. He’s reminds me of infected drool.
Yep
What do you know? The strike was suddenly “averted” this morning.
How about that?
I am thinking it was worked out long ago. It just needed to be dramatized.
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