Posted on 11/30/2022 6:16:14 PM PST by SaxxonWoods
The House on Wednesday passed a measure that would avert a national railroad strike by forcing the adoption of a tentative labor agreement.
The vote was 290 to 137.
House members also voted 221-207 to approve a separate proposal to provide railroad workers with seven days of paid sick leave, with Democrats in favor and nearly all Republicans opposed. Both measures now go to the Senate.
A 1926 law gave Congress the power to intervene in railroad disputes that threaten to disrupt the economy. President Joe Biden on Monday called on Congress to step in–despite his usual pro-labor, pro-union stance–saying, “a rail shutdown would devastate our economy,” including putting as many as 765,000 Americans out of work within the first two weeks.
A national rail strike would idle 30% of the nation’s freight and could potentially cost $2 billion a day.
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Sometimes equipment breaks down.
Lower back soft tissue injury…safety first.
Software tracking issues.
Etc…
Dangerous Viking Kitties…
They can’t get ‘The Blue Flu’ as when cops go on strike.
Wonder what the Unionistas will call their next stunt in the hopper? ;)
They took up this legislation “just to pass the time away”.
Beau is a Union Guy. Now, retired, but keeps is Electrical and Plumbing licenses up to date - just in case.
He was also in the Labor Union, where he worked himself up into the more lucrative trades and ended up as a Foreman on huge construction jobs - power plants, wastewater treatment facilities, new subdivisions, The Kohl Center (I worked on that project, too, but we didn’t know one another back then) and the famous ‘Mistake by the Lake’ Frank Lloyd Wright center in Madistan, WI. Not bad for a kid that started out building silos for a living. ;)
He would agree with you heartily about the intelligence of some of the everyday laborers. He annoys the HECK out of me, ‘Mansplaining’ minor details to me if I’m working on a home project. Dude! I KNOW what I’m doing, LOL!
Ha. Maybe you should get him to do some projects to get him out of the house.
That or he needs a hobby. Lots of people can’t just chill after retirement.
Oh, Gawd, no! He is the busiest Retiree you’d ever meet! Hunting anything that moves, fishing, traveling, etc. He has a million hobbies from reading to making Maple Syrup, tanning hides, various lanyard braiding projects, breeding/raising hunting dogs with me, planting food plots for wildlife, he built me a greenhouse, repairs to our tractor, skid steer and his ancient F350 truck, constant improvements to out-buildings and the house, etc.
I always say he’s the Best. Boyfriend. Ever. EVER! Pays all the bills and is gone hunting 6 months out of 12, LOL!
But, he still makes me crazy with the ‘Mansplaining.’ His only flaw, actually. ;)
You chicks need a good mansplaining every so often.
:)
Motor control center. He fished a conductor on a live backplane with a steel fish instead of a fiberglass one and wasn’t wearing appropriate PPE.
WOW!
Arc Flash gear might of saved him but you never know.
Yep
LOL! He did it again, today.
I just looked at him and said, “Did you say something? Because all I heard was, ‘Blah, Blah, Blah!’”
*Rolleyes*
Was he right?
I don’t know. I wasn’t listening, LOL!
Leave it to Joey to FIU....this ain’t over folks.
And over in France:
Trains, flights cancelled for Thursday strike over French pension reform
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