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Senate Votes to Impose Rail Contract, Rejects Measure Granting Workers 7 Paid Sick Days
Breitbart ^ | 12/01/2022 | Nick Gilbertson

Posted on 12/01/2022 3:40:47 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to pass a resolution imposing a contract on freight rail workers but rejected a concurrent measure that would give workers seven guaranteed paid sick days.

H.J. Resolution 100 passed the Senate by a margin of 80-15, surpassing the 60-vote threshold. The Biden Administration brokered a tentative deal in August between the unions and carriers, but rank-and-file members of four of the twelve unions in the deal rejected it. Paid sick leave for workers was a central hold-up to the deal moving forward.

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KEYWORDS: contact; days; rail; senate; sick
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To: shooter223

Luckily no one would do such a thing. Everyone respects Congress…


61 posted on 12/02/2022 7:22:48 AM PST by EEGator
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To: wiseprince

You are also bad at politics. They GOP should be all in for the workers and demanding the Ukraine money be used instead of being sent to Ukraine.


Never claimed to be good at politics. But I don’t see how dragging in the Ukraine issue would help in what amounts to emergency legislation to stop a rail strike. As near as I can tell, no Federal money is involved in forcing the unions to accept the settlement despite some unions voting against it. Requiring the railroads to grant sick pay or not again does not involve Federal money.


62 posted on 12/02/2022 8:42:31 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The agreement that the great and almighty Biden. Admin. brokered and forced through was shitty to the rank and file RR workers. It was a display of the raw and uncaring power of the RR companies. The rank and file RR worker does *not* have a friend in the White House.

Only Fox, and the two-faced liberal MSM outlets, spoke at length about this forced agreement is not what most the RR workers wanted, as the 4 of 12 RR unions that voted against form the bulk of all RR workers. The liberal two-faced MSM outlets all Happily regurgitated the Biden WH talking points, over and over and over, and over again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gWTbPM2Mgk


63 posted on 12/02/2022 11:08:20 AM PST by Texan4Life
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To: Texan4Life

The agreement that the great and almighty Biden. Admin. brokered and forced through was shitty to the rank and file RR workers. It was a display of the raw and uncaring power of the RR companies. The rank and file RR worker does *not* have a friend in the White House.

Only Fox, and -——not-—— the two-faced liberal MSM outlets, spoke at length about this forced agreement is not what most the RR workers wanted, as the 4 of 12 RR unions that voted against form the bulk of all RR workers. The liberal two-faced MSM outlets all Happily regurgitated the Biden WH talking points, over and over and over, and over again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gWTbPM2Mgk


64 posted on 12/02/2022 11:16:20 AM PST by Texan4Life
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To: David Moser
#2: "Silly rail workers ! Dirt people don't get paid sick leave only elite gubmint workers , heh ."

The potential energy of a fully laden freight train traveling at 60 miles per hour is equivalent to a dozen blockbuster high explosive bombs. I don't want that train piloted by folks doped up on over-the-counter flu medications.

65 posted on 12/02/2022 11:19:25 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: David Moser ; All
Silly rail workers ! Dirt people don’t get paid sick leave only elite gubmint workers , heh .

You have not read the fine print. The workers can call any morning and demand the day off. They merely have to claim they do not feel well... or a child does not feel well.

Supervisors are strictly forbidden to ask for any proof of illness or child's illness.

66 posted on 12/03/2022 5:46:59 PM PST by marktwain
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To: ChicagoConservative27
You have not read the fine print about the paid "sick days".

Any worker can call in sick anytime, because they "feel ill" or a "child is ill".

A supervisor is forbidden from requiring a doctor's excuse or any documentation.

67 posted on 12/03/2022 5:50:15 PM PST by marktwain
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To: David Moser

So much for Dems for being “for the Union guy” . Union workers deserved what they got voting blue!


68 posted on 12/04/2022 5:46:54 PM PST by MGunny ( )
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