Posted on 12/01/2022 12:49:10 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
President Biden on Thursday said he supports increasing paid leave accommodations for rail workers, but that it should be addressed separately from a congressional bill to avoid a work stoppage that he warned could cause a recession.
“I think we’re going to get it done, but not within this agreement,” Biden said when asked if the rail workers deserve more than one day of paid sick leave. “We’re going to avoid the rail strike, keep the rails running, keep things moving, and I’m going to go back and we’re going to get paid leave, not just for rail workers, but for all workers.”
Shortly after Biden spoke, the Senate rejected a proposal to provide rail workers the additional sick leave their unions had sought.
Biden on Monday called on Congress to intervene in the impasse that had union leaders and rail workers at odds and brought the U.S. closer to a rail strike, which threatened to cripple the economy and ravage supply chains. The deadline to reach an agreement is Dec. 9.
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Keep lying, Joe.
The idiots will continue to vote Democrat.
Pathetic, and those rail workers that buy into this BidenIdiot BS deserve all that they won’t get after it is all said and done to avert a rail strike.
I don’t believe they only get 1 day of paid sick leave. I believe federal law mandates at least 3 days, and many states even more than that.
I hate to admit this because there would be hunger and riots-—but let the rail strike happen. This country needs to crash and burn before it ever begins to heal.
Depends of course, if they have a “PTO” plan where sick and time off are combined, which is more the norm these days.
I smell lower back soft tissue injuries.
Computer issues.
Things break issues.
I don’t think this “president” cares one way or another if there’s a strike. He’ll still have no problem getting his Maine lobster shipped to him for his state dinners. This guy truly is this generation’s Louis XVI.
The big guy needs his 10 percent.
Excellent point! Biden only cares to the point that he will be reelected. He is a dumb, vicious guy and a sociopath.
We're already in recession and they continue to blame Russia, Putin, ukraine and the kitchen sink for Biden's failed policies at every level.
Joe is setting a precedent. Now Congress must resolve all labor/management issues. We are a nation in serious decline
Democrats have no qualms about using the full weight of the Federal Government against anyone who makes them look bad or gets in their way. The ends justify the means.
This is the primary point. The dems will use this as an opportunity to demand more socialism from all companies.
Bring on the Biden Rail strike, the rail employee’s should just Walk Off and tell Brandon and company to go pound sand.
Senate rejects proposal to give rail workers seven days of paid sick leave
I worked for a RR 32 years and out craft never had a paid sick day because out union was weak. Most crafts didn’t get paid sick days.
Don’t see why the Senate is interfering with the collective bargaining process before the strike happens.
>>Joe is setting a precedent. Now Congress must resolve all labor/management issues.
Not really a precedent, it’s been that way since Taft-Hawley in 1947. Remember Reagan smiting PATCO in 1981?
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