"Hey, we need our Grift to go up 24%. Because Grifting is HARD."
At age 77, Bernie still wants to ‘Bring It All Down, Man!”
Wow …
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.
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?
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.
I found these UK rail union names online:
Communication Workers Union (CWU)
Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union
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.
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.
Perhaps say $1/hour of work for a union-run sick fund.
The union would pay sick members according to union rules.
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.
There’s also the Uber way.
People bid to do the fill-in work.
If the bids fall below say twice the average daily pay, then the sick worker might get sick pay.
If the lowest bid was 140%, then the sick day would be paid at 60%.
“The latest deal means nine out of the 12 labor unions...have reached agreements.”
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/another-union-accepts-rail-agreement
I am ignorant here. What does the federal government have to do with a rail strike?
I am ignorant here. What does the federal government have to do with a rail strike?
Honest headline:
Senator Roger Wicker (R., Miss.) and Senator Richard Burr (R., N.C.) insert themselves in a legal strike to help Biden
They don't have them now?
They DO have NO 'right' to hold the entire country hostage.
Where's Reagan when you need him?
Exactly why should the Senate have the right to bind workers to specific working conditions in this case? Seems to me that Sanders has a solid point. If you argue that they can all be fired, fine. Replace them but I would suggest that they are skilled and not so easily replaced. Of course the Repukes aren’t considering the workers’ bargaining position. They are only thinking about the 2 billion a day. Well... Take it from the Ukraine fund.