Bernie Sanders Blocks Bill to Avert Rail Strike

National Review ^ | 09/14/2022 | Dominic Pino

[kiryandil]

Rail Grifters gonna grift.

"Hey, we need our Grift to go up 24%. Because Grifting is HARD."

[lee martell]

At age 77, Bernie still wants to ‘Bring It All Down, Man!”

[11th_VA]

“This is in Senator Schumer’s hands. He’s the majority leader. . . . Here is the promise I’ll make to Senator Schumer. If you bring it to the floor, I’ll produce 48 Republican votes for it. That means Dems only need to produce 12 people to support it to keep the American people from a $2 billion a day negative impact on them.”

Wow …

[rfp1234]

Thanks bErnie. If the rail strike happens it will blow away Linda Graham’s bill from the headlines, or at least from voters’ main concerns.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

It should be noted that railroad employees have a Federal retirement fund separate from social security, with much better benefits. They are already practically government employees.

[markman46]

Do you have any idea what a rail strike will do to the country

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#3: At age 77, Bernie still wants to ‘Bring It All Down, Man!”

Yes, he is a real revolutionary. Bernie's biggest chore each week is trying to decide which one of his three multimillion dollar luxury mansions he wants to stay in .

[Brian Griffin]

The railroad workers don’t want to be subject to on call responsibility 24/7 and I don’t blame them.

If one is making good money one wants to be able to enjoy it.

I’m not sure how to resolve it, but hospitals and trucking companies have similar emergency staffing issues.

There are railroads in other countries. How do they manage it?

[kiryandil]

Yep.

[pepsionice]

Adding to this...the monthly pension for a railway worker is $3,815 on average for a career guy. Probably double of what a social security monthly check is.

[kiryandil]

Railway work isn’t Rocket Surgery.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

The railroads hit the core of the problem. No employer really objects to sick employees staying home. The problem is when that is abused into just becoming time off whenever the employee wants a break, often on Fridays or Mondays. And for a time-critical business like railroads, that just doesn’t work.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

At age 77, Bernie still wants to ‘Bring It All Down, Man!”

That's funny...so do I.

Anything not mentioned in The Constitution...shouldn't exist. The states all have their own bloated bureaucracies which can very likely "handle it".

[Brian Griffin]

I found these UK rail union names online:

Communication Workers Union (CWU)
Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union

[Brian Griffin]

Perhaps Mondays and Fridays not paid sick days, but other days would be.

If you are sick, you are not out spending money.

Perhaps cap sick pay at $100/day.

[Brian Griffin]

Another possibility is one day of paid sick leave/additional paid vacation day per two call in-days work done by an employee.

Employees desiring paid sick/vacation days would be very eager to be on call a lot.

[Brian Griffin]

Perhaps say one month a year, selected at least a month in advance by the employer, would not be subject to 24/7 required reporting, for any given employee.

[Brian Griffin]

Perhaps say $1/hour of work for a union-run sick fund.

The union would pay sick members according to union rules.

[Brian Griffin]

Another possibility is sick day paid (up to say 10) if the sick worker or his/her union finds a timely replacement for the company.