Biden calls on Congress to intervene to avert rail shutdown

The Hill ^ | 11/28/2022 | Alex Gangitano

[ChicagoConservative27]

President Biden on Monday called on Congress to pass legislation to avert a rail shutdown before Dec. 9, warning of major disruptions to the U.S. economy if lawmakers don’t act.

He said Congress should pass a bill “immediately to adopt the Tentative Agreement between railroad workers and operators — without any modifications or delay — to avert a potentially crippling national rail shutdown.” Biden’s plea to Congress comes amid an ongoing labor standoff that could shut down crucial shipments of food and fuel.

The tentative Biden-backed agreement in September was approved by labor and management negotiators, but not every rail union has signed on.

[SaveFerris]

I was gonna say, I missed one

She’ll probably call soon

[Yolanda]

Biden the great made a deal that avoided a rail worker strike. Biden did it, he told us so. Could Biden be full of malarkey?

[eyeamok]

Let them go on strike so they cripple the cities full of wild eyed leftists

[eyedigress]

Its a normal process with the railroads.

This is a setup to help dementia joe look productive.

[EEGator]

Amtrak has the Acela line, fewer stops DC to NYC.
I had an aerial electric distribution job in Marcus Hook PA that went over the tracks.
It was going to take close to a year to get the permit to do work over the tracks.
A phone company that starts with V, cut our messenger cable and dropped our aerial cable onto the catenaries.
The job got completed that night...

[Openurmind]

The slow creep of Communism. Step by step... When they are done the government will own everything and everybody.

[goodnesswins]

Would be better if they did targeted work stoppages in, say, DC area...NYC, etc

[mware]

Unions covered for him prior to elections. They ain’t going to be happy

[Mouton]

That was before the election. This POS could not run a lemonade stand.

[mware]

Biden claims he doesn’t have the power. Funny that, Reagan handled traffic controller strike pretty fast.

[Openurmind]

He’s right, he doesn’t have the powers to “nationalize” it, but congress sure does. And they are good about sneaking hidden stuff in bills.

[SaveFerris]

They have to pass it so we can find out what’s in it! /Nancy Pelosi

[fretzer]

The deal Brandon made was with management, not the workers. At least three unions have voted it down.

[Zenjitsuman]

Pete Buttplug is transportation secretary
what has he been doing to avoid a strike?

[dpetty121263]

Spread the pain to all, especially the Voters...

[Openurmind]

Yep. They are good about that...

[SaveFerris]

Remember lying Arlen Specter?

Cut from the same cloth

[Karl Spooner]

[Openurmind]

Yep...

[The Duke]

But .. but .. I thought Biden was pro-union?