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Deal averting railroad strike has potential to fall apart
The hill ^ | 09/18/2022 | KARL EVERS-HILLSTROM AND ALEX GANGITANO

Posted on 09/18/2022 9:27:19 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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To: Trump.Deplorable; All

Something I’ve always wondered about union membership today. Who votes for the leadership? It seems the leadership is always out of sync politically with the membership. Where’s the advantage of keeping such out of touch leadership in power? Is it all due to corrupt voting practices?


21 posted on 09/18/2022 10:26:54 AM PDT by Reily
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To: ChicagoConservative27; 4everontheRight; 4Liberty; 5thGenTexan; 45semi; 101stAirborneVet; ...
The key word is "potential"
ChicagoConservative27 :"Rail workers are set to vote on the tentative deal reached between unions and railroads Thursday morning.
If any of the 12 rail unions fail to ratify a new contract, nearly 125,000 rail workers could be headed for a strike.

The agreement would mandate two-person crews, cap health care costs and allow workers to take time off for medical appointments
or other scheduled events without being penalized, all key concessions won by unions.

The deal also provides 24 percent raises over five years, back pay and cash bonuses,
similar terms to those offered by the White House-appointed presidential emergency board (PEB) last month."

(My Comment) : Thusfar, only 5 smaller unions have agreed to the contract.
The current contractual deal is awaiting a vote.

22 posted on 09/18/2022 10:34:42 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Beowulf9

“Senate Democrats just blocked our bill that would have given railway workers a big raise”

Today’s Wall Street Journal says the average railroad worker makes $100,000 per year.


23 posted on 09/18/2022 10:39:22 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: cymbeline

“...the average railroad worker makes $100,000 per year.”

Take a look at what city Bus Drivers make in Socialist Democrat-run Madistan and Milwaukeestan, WI.

That, and MORE!

However, we need rail more than we need empty buses driving around, so there’s that...


24 posted on 09/18/2022 10:52:49 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

My prediction is that the final vote is planned to fail. The supply chain must fail for the Great Reset to be implemented. It all seems to be “Orchestrated Crisis”.


25 posted on 09/18/2022 10:54:03 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

They ain’t going along with ole Union Joe?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1st Fascist dictatorship where the trains do not run on time.


26 posted on 09/18/2022 10:59:02 AM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: Round Earther

You did nothing about the voter fraud in 2020. Watch your country die.


27 posted on 09/18/2022 11:01:03 AM PDT by TygertLane
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To: Eleutheria5

BINGO!

He shares this trait with Bathhouse Barry and every other stinking Commie Rat Bastard.


28 posted on 09/18/2022 11:02:00 AM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: Howie66

King Sidamn.


29 posted on 09/18/2022 11:26:57 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (All Hail the MAGA King, beloved of Ultra MAGAs and Deplorables!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Usurper Fukkup.


30 posted on 09/18/2022 11:28:33 AM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The entire Big Labor/Biden gambit is a total charade.

Both wanted favorable press to promote voter turnout.

If Democrats and especially enslaved Black democrats don’t turn out in November, the cause is lost


31 posted on 09/18/2022 11:31:45 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Where’s Buttplug? Isn’t this his job?


32 posted on 09/18/2022 11:34:41 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Texas is NOT a border town for freeloading RAT voters. It's my home!!!)
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To: Howie66

Compromise: Usurper Sadim.


33 posted on 09/18/2022 11:35:36 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (All Hail the MAGA King, beloved of Ultra MAGAs and Deplorables!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

No, Pete’s job is being queer. That’s all


34 posted on 09/18/2022 11:37:28 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Deal averting railroad strike has potential to fall apart

DUH!!

What doesn't?

35 posted on 09/18/2022 12:04:34 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“Take a look at what city Bus Drivers make in Socialist Democrat-run Madistan and Milwaukeestan, WI.”

I just hope that I, a Tennessean , isn’t helping to pay those drivers.


36 posted on 09/18/2022 12:35:06 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why settle for hamburger when you can get steak....


37 posted on 09/18/2022 12:37:02 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Simple problem, easy solution. Repeal the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, restore collective bargaining to its bona fide status as price-fixing and a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust act, and treat a strike as what it is: criminal extortion.
38 posted on 09/18/2022 12:39:37 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Why? Selfishness.

If the rail strike happens the economy will fail, Biden won’t look like a hero, people will be miserable, the Dems will lose the midterms and America will be saved.

Sounds great to me.


39 posted on 09/18/2022 12:44:48 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Eleutheria5

Done! LOL


40 posted on 09/18/2022 12:52:32 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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