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McCarthy: People Haven’t Read Rail Strike Bill
Breitbart ^ | 11/30/2022 | IAN HANCHETT

Posted on 11/30/2022 6:33:41 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) accused President Joe Biden of lying when he claimed that a rail strike had been averted back in September and now is begging Congress to avert a strike and “take the bill up tomorrow when people have not even read it.”

McCarthy said President Biden called the leaders to the White House because he “intentionally misled us. He said he had a rail strike solved…in September, when he knew that he didn’t want the American public to know before the election that he didn’t. Remember what he told us that inflation was transitory. Remember he told us that the influx of illegals was seasonal, that the Taliban wouldn’t take over Afghanistan, again and again. But now, we’re just weeks away from the busiest season of the entire year of Christmas and our whole infrastructure could shut down based upon this administration’s negotiation with the rail, this pro-union individual who has failed once again. And he’s asking government to step in to try to solve this problem. But he’s begging the House and Senate to do it, just to take the bill up tomorrow when people have not even read it.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bill; mccarthy; rail; strike
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Kevin McCarthy is Wesley Mouch
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methinks he is just another power hungry politician who will say and do whatever he thinks is in HIS BEST INTEREST, not ours. another one of those election time “brave” RINOS spouting false promises to be conservative....see Lindsey Graham

fool me once shame on him, fool me twice shame on me.


41 posted on 11/30/2022 8:19:27 AM PST by rolling_stone ( ...)
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To: FirstFlaBn
If the working conditions are so terrible, weren’t those conditions agreed to by the unions in the previous contract

They've been working without a contract for almost 3 years while "negotiations" have been ongoing.

42 posted on 11/30/2022 8:28:14 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Kevin. You want to be the Speaker?

Be Bold!

Pass the thing. Read it later.


43 posted on 11/30/2022 8:30:21 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: srmanuel

Well, isn’t that exactly what is happening? As far as I’m aware, Congress isn’t being asked to make up the agreements itself. The Administration put forth two bills that included specific provisions, and is asking Congress to approve them.


44 posted on 11/30/2022 8:31:32 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Vermont Lt
I thought the Democrats were all about Unions.

Like every other group, they only want the VOTE. After that, FU.

45 posted on 11/30/2022 8:41:47 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Let the stupid Republicans handle it now. I say let them strike shut down everything.


46 posted on 11/30/2022 9:29:01 AM PST by Rappini (In hoc signo vinces)
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To: traderrob6

Also true. Workers can’t use paid suck days for dr.’s appts.


47 posted on 11/30/2022 9:35:07 AM PST by philippa
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To: FirstFlaBn

The scheduling issue was not dealt with in the contract agreed to by union leadership. That’s one reason members voted it down.


48 posted on 11/30/2022 9:36:26 AM PST by philippa
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To: C210N

In a nutshell, .gov is using this to grab more power.

The Railroads are crucial to the health and defense of the country, therefore the .gov folks can take over the RR.

Next comes interstate trucking, what’s after that? Farming? Manufacturing? Answer: Anything .gov wants to control.


49 posted on 11/30/2022 9:44:56 AM PST by Semper Vigilantis (The goal is total domination. The path is depopulation.)
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To: srmanuel

Then what’s the issue? Read the details of the story. Biden is pressing Congress to simply force the solution that that was already negotiated back in December. Case closed. No need for any more negotiations at all.


50 posted on 11/30/2022 10:05:53 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: V_TWIN

So do I. But that doesn’t mean we should reflexively oppose everything he says. That’s silly and childish.


51 posted on 11/30/2022 10:12:54 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Obviously, the issue was not acceptable to a few of the unions, why not hear them out and get them onboard.

Unless you want to face an Air Traffic Controller situation and the workers strike anyway, at that point Biden might be able to fire them and replace them with WHO ??


52 posted on 11/30/2022 10:13:55 AM PST by srmanuel (I)
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To: Alberta's Child

Sorry — back in SEPTEMBER.


53 posted on 11/30/2022 10:14:47 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Laying devil’s advocate here:

So you are saying that the government should force a group of non government workers to accept work conditions that a legally formed union has already rejected?

Biden should declare a 90 day cooling off period and haul them into the White House and force them there. But he would look like a leader if he did that.


54 posted on 11/30/2022 10:14:54 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: traderrob6

It has to do with when they start getting paid sick leave, how the process works, and how their accounting works.

It’s all based on a point system. Days off actually carry different point values; and “earning” points doesn’t.

I saw a detailed explanation the other day. It sounded like a nightmare.


55 posted on 11/30/2022 10:17:35 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: srmanuel

If he wants real cover he can declare the 90 cooling off period…and dump it in the R’s lap in the house. Getting 60 senators to agree on anything is tough.


56 posted on 11/30/2022 10:19:30 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: srmanuel
Any union member who goes on strike after a settlement is imposed will be terminated immediately. If an entire union goes on strike, it will almost certainly be de-certified and sued/fined into insolvency. The remaining unions will have no legal basis to honor a picket line.

Let’s keep in mind that the leverage these railroad workers have is dwarfed by the leverage of all the other industries and workers who rely on the railroads for their survival. U.S. railroad law is designed to protect THEM, not the railroads and their workers.

57 posted on 11/30/2022 10:27:43 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: Vermont Lt
You can play devil’s advocate all you want. The problem is that you’re acting like this story began unfolding in September. This has been going on since 2019. The two sides have been through government-imposed mediation, cooling-off period, etc. This really IS the end of the line.

So you are saying that the government should force a group of non government workers to accept work conditions that a legally formed union has already rejected?

Yes. That is precisely the type of scenario the Railway Labor Act was designed to address.

Let’s also keep in mind that 8 of the 12 unions DID approve the deal.

58 posted on 11/30/2022 10:44:36 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: Alberta's Child

I guess I would not want to be in the National Guard or army units being activated for those 4 railroad unions.


59 posted on 11/30/2022 11:04:34 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

He did that already if I’m not mistaken


60 posted on 11/30/2022 11:18:56 AM PST by srmanuel (I)
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