Posted on 12/04/2022 8:54:49 AM PST by rktman
Rail workers are calling out President Joe Biden after he forced the unions to accept the deal, claiming that the president has no concern for the quality of life of the workers.
A week after Congress voted to avoid a railway industry strike, rail workers are warning of the negative consequences Biden’s decision will have.
In an 80-15 vote, Congress voted on three measures relating to rail worker demands, codifying an agreement negotiated by the White House and 12 of the nation’s rail unions.
The director of communications for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED), Clark Ballew, said that the union will not forget who had their backs when they fought for paid sick days.
"You can damn well bet that railroaders took note of who stood with us and who failed to support the basic common decency of paid sick days," Ballew said, representing the third largest rail union in the U.S.
The rail union workers cautioned that Biden could face struggles in the next presidential election “because Biden's slowly showing the true colors.”
“I've always known he is only looking for votes, but several unions and members are just now realizing that. If he cared, wanted to show that he cared about the work that we're doing and some of the sacrifices we have had to make, he should have stayed out of this or fought harder,” a rail union worker said.
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Just like the pipefitters and other Keystone pipeline unions threw their support to Biden only to be put out of work on inauguration day. Schadenfreude.
I don’t have an answer other than I am no longer in the union and doing the same job.(different place)
Thanks for the update. An acquaintance of ours (big uber lib/Trump hater) just retired from union pacific. He was always on the clock but seldom on the job if you know what I mean. I have seen ads in Reno advertising for RR workers recently.
Union Workers. The Original Sheeple. Skilled workers that have been depending on Union Bosses to think for them for over a hundred years. Here take my Union Dues and think for me, Go ahead and spend my dues on whatever you want. Just don’t make me have to think. And it’s okay if my Dues become a slush fund for illegal activities of the Democrat Party. Just don’t make me think. My head hurts!
“..If the railroad workers don’t go to work, the railroads will have to capitulate or go out of business.
The wealthy in America can be destroyed in a few weeks if the productive in America refuse to work....”
^THIS^
And that is what these communists are scared spitless of...thus, the government mandate to work... ie: slaves to the wealthy via of the government.
Yup....they should just stay home anyway. Maybe it will be the spark to shut everything down.
The union workers are Flounder, and the union brass/Democrats are Otto.
Otter: Flounder, you can’t spend your whole life worrying about your mistakes! You f***ed up. You trusted us! Hey, make the best of it!
Wait till you see how he betrays Ukraine, and the disgusting war cheerleaders, evil is commonly used to destroy evil….it’s coming….
because Biden’s slowly showing the true colors.”
I don’t think Trump will forget and will remind them................
If they think he threw them all under the bus on this issue, just wait until they see what’s coming in the next 2yrs. Joey “Lunch Bucket” Bidet&Co will send them to ‘summer camps’ in a heartbeat.
No sympathy here. Union workers make more than non-union and you can’t fire the bastards. And they think they need some extra perks. If you need a day off, take a vacation day.
If the membership was overwhelmingly Republican, why do the members let the leadership make campaign contributions to Democrats?
See post 18 from cedardave for some info on rr union stuff. 🚂
I was in a union for 40 years. I know how it works. If you don’t like the job, no one has a gun to your head.
Compensation should be one day off paid for every X hours worked.
The paid day should be usable for vacation, personal leave, or for sickness.
So file a greivence against branDUHn? 🤔😎👍
A local hospital runs an urgent care clinic near me. It has very broad hours.
Railroads run 24/7. Many workers get a weekday off.
The imposed settlement is federal law passed by Congress.
If Congress can create a NLRB, it can set railroad work conditions too.
You got me. I just worked hard and never went to a meeting.
I met guys in the work centers and on job sites.
Most linemen are white males who hunt around me.
I’ve known biden’s true colors since I knew who Biden was.
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