Time to remember Labor Day is not about BBQs. It’s about the Haymarket Riot and Pullman strike. I hope it doesn’t get this dark again…but if we haven’t learned from history, it has a way of repeating.
Well put. I depend VERY directly on rail workers for the inventory I sell (trucks and SUVs). I am scared of a strike. But I absolutely support a strike if that's what it takes. I supported these reasonable improvements before I met a couple of rail workers (who are now customers). Hearing their stories only reinforced my support. It's obscene that it is even necessary for them to ask, let alone demand or even strike for.
Lucy Parsons - “What I want is for every greasy grimy tramp to arm himself with a knife or a gun and stationing himself at the doorways of the rich shoot or stab them as they come out.”
And the fact that the government took away their power to strike in the only time it will matter in the lifetime is deplorable. This is the first time in 50 years where all the big railroad contracts were ending at the same time and the only time they will have that amount of leverage and the government just made them eat a bag of dicks....specifically the Senate Republicans.
When I read that 207 Republicans voted against this, my first thought was what the fuck is their actual problem? Like how can you hate other human beings so much so that you deny them even a crumb of decency or comfort? These people in office are fucking evil.
Congress should stay out of this one and all other union demands. We allow the right to form worker’s unions for a reason. This should be solved between the workers, union bosses, and railway executives.
When they tell you it’s the land of democracy, the land of freedom, the richest nation on earth, the land of opportunity, the land of equality, they are only trying to sell you something. As far as first-world countries go, America is a sad joke.
As a physician, I’ve never had a job with any benefits. I don’t even have health insurance. I’m a freaking physician working full time. I’ve worked for 3 different companies-never had any PTO, sick days, insurance, etc. I’m currently working sick. I worked while having a miscarriage. Things need to change for everyone.
I don't really even understand why what they're asking for isn't something everyone is just like, "oh yeah. Oh shit. Of course you can take sick days. Why didn't we think of that? We're buffoons. Take 10 days, because it's important to not spread disease."
The few years before the pandemic, the railroads were laying off shitloads of employees and moving more into the oppressive scheduling they're using now. When you operate a skeleton crew in critical infrastructure, a call out or two can severely interrupt operation.
The argument from the rail companies is that they are raising wages in lieu of giving PTO, and justifying it by saying workers can go on disability in as little as 4 days.
I’m just waiting for the media to frame it as the rail workers “demanding unreasonable accommodations” if/when they strike. Then we will have all the morons who buy all of it without a second thought, complaining about how the rail workers are holding the American people hostage, when the reality is that the CEOs could have EASILY given them what they want. These assholes wouldn’t even see a difference in their ridiculously luxurious standard of living but they insist on fucking over the workers anyways. Capitalism is trash and we need to show those in power who is ACTUALLY important to the economy. It’s not the CEOs.
During quarentine: "well now people will handle being sick more seriously and workplaces will give rest" Present day: "huh...we're still not doing that I guess"
To be fair they work every day of the year. Just because they aren't in session doesn't mean they aren't working. If your representative and senator aren't working during recess then you should vote them the hell out. They should be meeting with constituents, raising campaign funds, helping activists, visiting agencies/foreign governments, and actually writing legislation.
Biden should be on TV tonight immediately with an address to the nation explaining that the railworkers aren't getting sick leave because of the Republican votes. Instead he is high fiving Pete Buttigieg and cheering about avoiding an economic crisis. Bad messaging as usual and it will play wonderfully on Fox news.
It would be pretty damn funny if congress just said “so, we all voted to nationalize uh, all of you. So either take whatever contract the workers give you, or lose it all”
Because the rail company refuses to put it in the contract lol. That's what this whole thing is about. The union is demanding better working conditions and the company is refusing to budge. The workers threaten to strike, and the government is telling them they can't, that it won't be a legal strike.
There are a few articles about to detail why, but pretty much the railroads do not want to give the workers more ability to be off arbitrarily because it adds a level of uncertainty to their scheduling that they can't accommodate because they can't/aren't hiring enough people to do the work.
Because the greedsters in the human race know they can endlessly exploit the workers who love to help or love their job so much. Teachers, EMT, pilots etc.
I think about 1/5 of workers don't get any paid sick time, which is bullshit in and of itself. In a high money industry like rail, it's spectacularly egregious. $10 billion to stock buybacks, no problem. Sick leave for people who are basically on call all the time, big problem.
Railway consolidation really hurt the unions allowing almost all rail cargo to be carried by only a couple major carriers. Almost impossible for the economy to sustain a strike with virtually no alternative to route cargo. It's crazy & we shouldn't of even been in this position. Break up the near rail duopoly
I work with the rail roads. They’re absolute shit. They can literally do whatever they want, and the best I could do was “plz don’t? No? Ok. Thanks anyway” cuz I couldn’t just move the rc somewhere else :/ or send it a different way
Does anyone have a link to that video that showed how elected officials vote less for what the people want and more for what big donors want? I saw it a couple months ago on either
What about what the actual workers wanted? Way I'm reading it is that the House told the workers to sit down, shut the fuck up and take what was offered.
I hope they strike. This is ridiculous. You can't schedule your sick time a month in advance. They have the power, they should use it. It'll force The Senate to pass it overnight. I'm so pissed that Biden agreed with Republicans with this one on pushing it through. If you have the choice to screw over CEOs who get paid millions and for sure get 2 weeks+ of sick time over union workers who do a vital job, how are you gonna side with the corporate fat cats who've cut 30% of the workforce in the last few years while continuing to add to their workload?!
I feel the same. Forcing a deal reeks of Ronald Reagan and the railworkers deserve better. Their working conditions are bullshit. Neoliberals trying to force this is unethical and wrong.
The only caveat to add is that a strike would be terrible for an already hurting economy. I absolutely agree with the workers, and they 100% deserve 7 sick days per year. The issue becomes republicans not voting for it because it included the sick days, a strike happens and republicans leverage it to gain more power. There’s already a good portion of the US that blames him for our current inflation.
207 Republicans voted against it... Due to the filibuster that is why it didn't pass. Republicans also high fived each other when they shot down a healthcare bill for 9/11 first responders that are now suffering major health problems due to all the dust and debri they breathed at ground zero.
Absolutely wonderful when a political party deliberately sabotages the economy in hopes it will make the other party look bad. Perfect system we have here...
The Stimulus bill. Remember the first round of payments, how it actually helped!? Then these out of touch politicians on both sides realized how badly they fucked up and halved the amount in the second round. But of course they jumped on making the PPP shit and gifted away billions of dollars to other oligarchs. in other words, the wealthy got a dollar while the people got a dime.
Pretty sure he's just a Republican in disguise. Like that one Fox News lady who (unsurprisingly) declared she will be switching to the Republican party after only ever talking shit about the Dems who she supposedly supported.
It appears the wealthy are choosing to stop paying fair wages and deny a reasonable expectation of enjoying a normal life. All the worker "slaves" should recognize that by now.
Apparently executives in other industries have been pretty open on financial calls about the strike not happening because they got together and lobbied Biden to fuck over the workers.
How about no paid sick leave for Congress until the railroad employees get it? Scratch that, all US employees. Has Congress forgotten that their purpose for existing is to SERVE the people, not RULE the people?
I’m confused… I though it passed. But not by majority of 60. So no paid sick leave. I am all In for shutting down railroads on all Republican states that voted against it.
Like someone else said in this thread it is the perfect con to blame the democrats for either a rail worker strike or a tanked economy because they quit. All they care about is to leverage this against the dems in 2024 because their base is too fucking stupid to care that all but 6 republicans voted against this. It is such a fucking primitive clown show and the guys at the top are laughing their asses off.
Thanks Goverment! l heard a FOX news anchor complaining about railroad strikes possibly causing holiday gifts not being delivered and almost blaming it on the workers. There’s a simple solution, listen to your god damn workers.
Wildcat strike, let’s support our fellow comrades in our collective battle against the tyrannical capitalists. Stand in solidarity with those in your class, remember they’re trying to divide us and fight eachother.
This is the conundrum with private business. You, as a worker, have the ability to unionize. But it has become increasingly difficult over the past decades.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but we're the only modernized country without government-mandated sick leave for all workers. Definitely the only one I'm aware of.
It’s funny that republicans voted against bc some feel that congress shouldn’t force company to a corner…..where was that energy with banks and auto company when they got bailed out? Lol
When does the time come where we stand and fight? Stop crying about injustice, its like half of you are content to watch the world burn as long as you can sit back and go "I told you so".
The lack of representation of popular American ideas in Congress is a result of "choose one" voting and single seat representation, which collapses to a two party hostage situation.
The postal unions also have no-strike clauses. Numerous times I’ve asked my coworkers, “what are they gonna do if we strike? Fire all of us? They already can’t find people to do this job.”
Democrats voted for it. Republicans would rather the economy tank just so they can blame Biden and scare people into voting for them. Republicans want power at all cost. Power for them and the billionaires that fund them.
While you aren't wrong, this has little to do with an oilgarchy and everything to do with politics and polarization. Republicans want the rail strike to happen to damage the economy, and in turn the Democrats. They aren't targeting the workers, they are using the workers as weapons against their political opponents.
We are run by oligarchs who have been bought by the elite 1%. We are not in control. I hope the rail workers strike and bring the economy to a grinding halt.
Of course. Here in Indiana, the Republican Party took over in 2011 and gerrymandered control of State House and Senate and governorship. They locked themselves in again last year, ignoring their own Independent Redistricting Commission. After 10 years in absolute control, they have a supermajority in both chambers of the legislature, both US Senate seats, and 7 Republicans and 2 Democrats in the US House.
This was a vote to end the debate and vote on the actual issue. It's the fillibuster. It's a legal loophole that allows the minority power to prevent legislation from being passed. Without 60 votes, the debate on the bill legally doesn't end and the actual bill cannot be voted on, that second vote is what only requires 51.
Learn about citizens united. It hasn’t been a democracy for a while. Like no hyperbole, America is literally not a democracy. The sooner people understand it, the sooner they can assess how they want to make decisions what ever each individual chooses.
It's a win-win for the Republicans. They fuck over the rail workers and if there's a strike they'll blame Biden for any disruptions to the supply chain.
I see alot of “THEY don’t care” and “THE SENATE doesn’t give a fuck” in the comments but let’s be specific and fair. Every democrat voted yes fit paid sick leave with one exception, Joe Manchin, of course. Who isn’t really a democrat anyway. All of the No votes were REPUBLICANS. It’s not “they”, ITS REPUBLICANS AS USUAL. THEY DONT GIVE AF ABOUT THE WORKING MAN. WAKE UP CONSERVATIVES.
Yeah cause neither party can afford to lose their sponsors so instead of representing the people who voted them in they'll just let them wallow in squalor.
Ngl, I fucking knew it was a democratic oligarchy. Truly the only overarching power is the fat people with white hair, knocking on deaths door, insane with dementia. Our country is awesome. God. Bless. America.
And when they go on strike and cause a supply chain issue, what's going to happen? Seriously, fuck this. Railroad workers deserve so much more. The basic dignity of sick days is the least they want. They work so hard. This country is fucked up.
Some people doing mental gymnastics here to blame Democrats, but lets make it clear this is 100% on Republicans. They are the ones that voted against it.
It’s a democracy, and in this democracy republicans are half the political spectrum. Rail workers, being blue collar, most likely sport Trump stickers on their Ford F-150s, so this, technically, is what they voted for. Slow clap for the blue collar folks who reliably vote against their own self-interests because some people have darker skin and like making whoopie with same sex partners.
Y’all forgot that the Paid Sick Day leave was once used to negotiate higher salaries by the Unions, so they dug their own grave there and now blame Congress. On the other hand: that was probably a few decades ago and things changed quite a lot since then, so give them their paid sick days. Especially when you’re outside all day working a somewhat dangerous job.
The world is run by oligarchs. The rest of us should take from the rich. The rail works are worth $2B per day if they strike but they are worth having sick leave? 😳🤯
I don’t understand why the focus on Biden regarding this. Democrats all voted to give rail workers 7 days paid sick time. Republicans voted it down. What the fuck is the narrative here
It's propaganda meant to confuse the issue. Republicans killed this bill but they still need to blame Democrats and keep the "both sides" rhetoric alive so people who voted Republican don't have to confront their conscience.
Time to remember Labor Day is not about BBQs. It’s about the Haymarket Riot and Pullman strike. I hope it doesn’t get this dark again…but if we haven’t learned from history, it has a way of repeating.
For real. People seem to have forgotten that strikes are the polite, least destructive, alternative for these types of disputes.
Your boss would kill you to keep his position. Covid demonstrated that pretty clearly.
Well put. I depend VERY directly on rail workers for the inventory I sell (trucks and SUVs). I am scared of a strike. But I absolutely support a strike if that's what it takes. I supported these reasonable improvements before I met a couple of rail workers (who are now customers). Hearing their stories only reinforced my support. It's obscene that it is even necessary for them to ask, let alone demand or even strike for.
Exactly!!!!!!!
But we will get a new sequel, "Labor Day, The Return"
Lucy Parsons - “What I want is for every greasy grimy tramp to arm himself with a knife or a gun and stationing himself at the doorways of the rich shoot or stab them as they come out.”
lmao no paid sick leave for essential workers? how is this country real?
And the fact that the government took away their power to strike in the only time it will matter in the lifetime is deplorable. This is the first time in 50 years where all the big railroad contracts were ending at the same time and the only time they will have that amount of leverage and the government just made them eat a bag of dicks....specifically the Senate Republicans.
When I read that 207 Republicans voted against this, my first thought was what the fuck is their actual problem? Like how can you hate other human beings so much so that you deny them even a crumb of decency or comfort? These people in office are fucking evil.
Where have you been the last 2 years lol? During the pandemic “essential” workers were shafted left and right.
real fucked up, is what it is.
This country started out as a grift. The US started out as the East India Company cosplaying as the Roman Republic.
Congress should stay out of this one and all other union demands. We allow the right to form worker’s unions for a reason. This should be solved between the workers, union bosses, and railway executives.
When they tell you it’s the land of democracy, the land of freedom, the richest nation on earth, the land of opportunity, the land of equality, they are only trying to sell you something. As far as first-world countries go, America is a sad joke.
We are a big corporation my friend
I work a job that pays 17.50/hr that's pointless and unnecessary and even I get 2 weeks paid time off.
Because working people are brainwashed by right-wing media into voting for Republicans who then proceed to fuck them in the ass.
As a physician, I’ve never had a job with any benefits. I don’t even have health insurance. I’m a freaking physician working full time. I’ve worked for 3 different companies-never had any PTO, sick days, insurance, etc. I’m currently working sick. I worked while having a miscarriage. Things need to change for everyone.
I don't really even understand why what they're asking for isn't something everyone is just like, "oh yeah. Oh shit. Of course you can take sick days. Why didn't we think of that? We're buffoons. Take 10 days, because it's important to not spread disease."
The few years before the pandemic, the railroads were laying off shitloads of employees and moving more into the oppressive scheduling they're using now. When you operate a skeleton crew in critical infrastructure, a call out or two can severely interrupt operation.
The argument from the rail companies is that they are raising wages in lieu of giving PTO, and justifying it by saying workers can go on disability in as little as 4 days.
I’m just waiting for the media to frame it as the rail workers “demanding unreasonable accommodations” if/when they strike. Then we will have all the morons who buy all of it without a second thought, complaining about how the rail workers are holding the American people hostage, when the reality is that the CEOs could have EASILY given them what they want. These assholes wouldn’t even see a difference in their ridiculously luxurious standard of living but they insist on fucking over the workers anyways. Capitalism is trash and we need to show those in power who is ACTUALLY important to the economy. It’s not the CEOs.
During quarentine: "well now people will handle being sick more seriously and workplaces will give rest" Present day: "huh...we're still not doing that I guess"
I think no one is talking about PSR. what it is the reason why they don’t want to give the workers the time off.
Rail work is highly specialized with specific geographic needs and a missing worker can have widespread impacts.
Seven freaking days...
The Senate that also gets unlimited sick days, pension and healthcare benefits. They have no idea how the working class lives.
Voted no by Republicans.
Exactly
To be fair they work every day of the year. Just because they aren't in session doesn't mean they aren't working. If your representative and senator aren't working during recess then you should vote them the hell out. They should be meeting with constituents, raising campaign funds, helping activists, visiting agencies/foreign governments, and actually writing legislation.
Here comes the strike.
The rail industry makes billions in profits NOT JUST REVENUE every year.
I would support a wild cat strike. Time for the oligarchs to learn what worker power means.
Why don’t we nationalize them anyway? Save ourselves from this ridiculous nonsense coming up again in the future.
I want them to strike. Fuck everything about this.
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Honestly I would not complain one bit, whatever impact this has on daily life, if the rail workers don’t strike…I would be shocked.
Just in time for Christmas! I'm excited for them. (But overall, this sucks for them I know and shouldn't be happening.)
Nationalize them anyways
If this strike leads to a recession…I do t blame the workers. I blame everyone else.
Biden should be on TV tonight immediately with an address to the nation explaining that the railworkers aren't getting sick leave because of the Republican votes. Instead he is high fiving Pete Buttigieg and cheering about avoiding an economic crisis. Bad messaging as usual and it will play wonderfully on Fox news.
I hope so. Nothing makes me harder than the thought of a bunch of exploited workers absolutely destroying the economy.
It would be pretty damn funny if congress just said “so, we all voted to nationalize uh, all of you. So either take whatever contract the workers give you, or lose it all”
How is this not written in their contract? Until recently I thought their union was one of the better ones.
There is 12 different unions, which makes it hard to negotiate.
Because the rail company refuses to put it in the contract lol. That's what this whole thing is about. The union is demanding better working conditions and the company is refusing to budge. The workers threaten to strike, and the government is telling them they can't, that it won't be a legal strike.
There are a few articles about to detail why, but pretty much the railroads do not want to give the workers more ability to be off arbitrarily because it adds a level of uncertainty to their scheduling that they can't accommodate because they can't/aren't hiring enough people to do the work.
All I've learned from this strike is apparently most people get paid sick days and I don't even get sick days as a paramedic.
Because the greedsters in the human race know they can endlessly exploit the workers who love to help or love their job so much. Teachers, EMT, pilots etc.
I think about 1/5 of workers don't get any paid sick time, which is bullshit in and of itself. In a high money industry like rail, it's spectacularly egregious. $10 billion to stock buybacks, no problem. Sick leave for people who are basically on call all the time, big problem.
You should! Time to organize within your workplace!
The United States is the only wealthy country to have no national sick leave. Out of all countries it's one of like 10 IIRC
I'm a nurse. Same.
I hope they strike.
I hope every union strikes.
its what republicans want. to disrupt economic routine and blame biden.
Railway consolidation really hurt the unions allowing almost all rail cargo to be carried by only a couple major carriers. Almost impossible for the economy to sustain a strike with virtually no alternative to route cargo. It's crazy & we shouldn't of even been in this position. Break up the near rail duopoly
Monopolies hurt all workers. The only people that benefit are the oligarchs
If it's that important to our national interests, it should be nationalized.
I work with the rail roads. They’re absolute shit. They can literally do whatever they want, and the best I could do was “plz don’t? No? Ok. Thanks anyway” cuz I couldn’t just move the rc somewhere else :/ or send it a different way
hey yeah, also though, why the fuck isn’t paid sick leave just a federal right? it’s 2022.
Doesn't matter what regular people want if the donor base speaks up they can have any legislation that benefits the American people, killed
But hey, record profits do be high though! /s
Does anyone have a link to that video that showed how elected officials vote less for what the people want and more for what big donors want? I saw it a couple months ago on either
What about what the actual workers wanted? Way I'm reading it is that the House told the workers to sit down, shut the fuck up and take what was offered.
Voters keep electing Republicans who campaign on making their lives worse.
It's almost like elections have consequences and having a pretty close to 50 50split means reactionaries who want the working class to suffer wins
I hope they strike. This is ridiculous. You can't schedule your sick time a month in advance. They have the power, they should use it. It'll force The Senate to pass it overnight. I'm so pissed that Biden agreed with Republicans with this one on pushing it through. If you have the choice to screw over CEOs who get paid millions and for sure get 2 weeks+ of sick time over union workers who do a vital job, how are you gonna side with the corporate fat cats who've cut 30% of the workforce in the last few years while continuing to add to their workload?!
Neoliberals are just rebublicans with social agreements (gay marriage, abortion, etc.) they still vote for the oligarchs everytime
I feel the same. Forcing a deal reeks of Ronald Reagan and the railworkers deserve better. Their working conditions are bullshit. Neoliberals trying to force this is unethical and wrong.
If they don't get their sick leave, they should strike anyway.
The only caveat to add is that a strike would be terrible for an already hurting economy. I absolutely agree with the workers, and they 100% deserve 7 sick days per year. The issue becomes republicans not voting for it because it included the sick days, a strike happens and republicans leverage it to gain more power. There’s already a good portion of the US that blames him for our current inflation.
207 Republicans voted against it... Due to the filibuster that is why it didn't pass. Republicans also high fived each other when they shot down a healthcare bill for 9/11 first responders that are now suffering major health problems due to all the dust and debri they breathed at ground zero.
100% and fuck Manchin.
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Absolutely wonderful when a political party deliberately sabotages the economy in hopes it will make the other party look bad. Perfect system we have here...
I mean it works. Even on Reddit there are threads blaming Biden but it's Republicans who vote no.
It would be a shame if ALL railway workers called in sick all at once.
Unauthorized strike incoming...
There are labor shortages everywhere.
As long as they plan it a month in advance! /s
Name one bill that Republicans have written or passed that would actually HELP the working class.
I'd follow this comment, but I know that there will be no follow-ups 😔
The Stimulus bill. Remember the first round of payments, how it actually helped!? Then these out of touch politicians on both sides realized how badly they fucked up and halved the amount in the second round. But of course they jumped on making the PPP shit and gifted away billions of dollars to other oligarchs. in other words, the wealthy got a dollar while the people got a dime.
The 13th Amendment. Different kind of Republicans though.
Of course Manchin voted against it.
He comes from coal. He remembers Blair Mountain differently than the miners do.
Pretty sure he's just a Republican in disguise. Like that one Fox News lady who (unsurprisingly) declared she will be switching to the Republican party after only ever talking shit about the Dems who she supposedly supported.
He is basically a oligarch in the Senate
Fuck that guy, only workers he support is the coal industry
It appears the wealthy are choosing to stop paying fair wages and deny a reasonable expectation of enjoying a normal life. All the worker "slaves" should recognize that by now.
Well apparently the ones that vote Republican haven't figured it out.
Apparently executives in other industries have been pretty open on financial calls about the strike not happening because they got together and lobbied Biden to fuck over the workers.
We are a Corporatocracy. Period.
Forced work isn’t freedom. Call it something else, be honest; say it with ya chest. But don’t fucking call it FREEDOM.
Forced work is SLAVERY.
In western countries its work or starve, not much of a choice when you think about it. Slaves to capital we are
Soooo people with paid sick leave voted against it for others? How American.
They don't even get in trouble if they don't bother showing up to work...
How about no paid sick leave for Congress until the railroad employees get it? Scratch that, all US employees. Has Congress forgotten that their purpose for existing is to SERVE the people, not RULE the people?
They should wildcat strike.
I’m confused… I though it passed. But not by majority of 60. So no paid sick leave. I am all In for shutting down railroads on all Republican states that voted against it.
In the house it did
I can't wait to see the shit storm this will cause, all because these greedy morons refuse to give the workers 7 measly days of PTO.
Like someone else said in this thread it is the perfect con to blame the democrats for either a rail worker strike or a tanked economy because they quit. All they care about is to leverage this against the dems in 2024 because their base is too fucking stupid to care that all but 6 republicans voted against this. It is such a fucking primitive clown show and the guys at the top are laughing their asses off.
**Capitalists are scum
It’s fucking stupid that an actual majority isn’t enough to pass it.
We need names and addresses of these Oligarchs published for public concerns!!!
You can start here:
15% of the population has 50% of the senate’s vote
Thanks Goverment! l heard a FOX news anchor complaining about railroad strikes possibly causing holiday gifts not being delivered and almost blaming it on the workers. There’s a simple solution, listen to your god damn workers.
But 51 votes gets a federal judge a lifetime appointment.
Let’s be clear here: it failed because REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST IT
So annoying how everyone is always.
Wildcat strike, let’s support our fellow comrades in our collective battle against the tyrannical capitalists. Stand in solidarity with those in your class, remember they’re trying to divide us and fight eachother.
I’m speaking with my union rep tomorrow (grocery) and I’m planning on going to 3 other stores to see what their stances are
Why is such governance done at niche sector level rather than a general rule?
This is the conundrum with private business. You, as a worker, have the ability to unionize. But it has become increasingly difficult over the past decades.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but we're the only modernized country without government-mandated sick leave for all workers. Definitely the only one I'm aware of.
You reckon without the Republican Party!
FIND EVERY NO AND VOTE THEM THE FUCK OUT
Strike on
I fucking hate the US government. Liars.
Show the vote by party
It’s funny that republicans voted against bc some feel that congress shouldn’t force company to a corner…..where was that energy with banks and auto company when they got bailed out? Lol
When does the time come where we stand and fight? Stop crying about injustice, its like half of you are content to watch the world burn as long as you can sit back and go "I told you so".
It didn't pass because of the 60-vote threshold, something meant to foster cooperation and bipartisanship.
The lack of representation of popular American ideas in Congress is a result of "choose one" voting and single seat representation, which collapses to a two party hostage situation.
Thank you for not just saying "we need ranked choice" like 99% of posts on electoral change recently.
Fuck this. Strike. And other unions should strike in solidarity.
The postal unions also have no-strike clauses. Numerous times I’ve asked my coworkers, “what are they gonna do if we strike? Fire all of us? They already can’t find people to do this job.”
Democrats voted for it. Republicans would rather the economy tank just so they can blame Biden and scare people into voting for them. Republicans want power at all cost. Power for them and the billionaires that fund them.
Dems and republicans also voted for the legislation that said “don’t strike keep working morons”, it didn’t need to come to this at all
Good. Let them strike, when the economy looses 1 billion every day they'll have to make more concessions.
While you aren't wrong, this has little to do with an oilgarchy and everything to do with politics and polarization. Republicans want the rail strike to happen to damage the economy, and in turn the Democrats. They aren't targeting the workers, they are using the workers as weapons against their political opponents.
Fuck. Our. Politicians. They. Don't. Do. Dick. For. Us.
This is our America. If they do this to our railway workers... just imagine other class of people..
People with unlimited sick days/paid leave vote against a unpaid leave.
We are run by oligarchs who have been bought by the elite 1%. We are not in control. I hope the rail workers strike and bring the economy to a grinding halt.
"We have a rail worker shortage."
I'm going to copy and paste a comment I left in another thread about our sick day policy.
Of course. Here in Indiana, the Republican Party took over in 2011 and gerrymandered control of State House and Senate and governorship. They locked themselves in again last year, ignoring their own Independent Redistricting Commission. After 10 years in absolute control, they have a supermajority in both chambers of the legislature, both US Senate seats, and 7 Republicans and 2 Democrats in the US House.
iT's A rEpUbLiC
it is a republic!!!! until something they want isn’t passed… then it’s communism!
Why does it need 60? Why not a majority? I swear everything I learned in high school is a lie because I never know what the rules are
This was a vote to end the debate and vote on the actual issue. It's the fillibuster. It's a legal loophole that allows the minority power to prevent legislation from being passed. Without 60 votes, the debate on the bill legally doesn't end and the actual bill cannot be voted on, that second vote is what only requires 51.
It is baffling how old democrats so consistently misread their real base, the ones who actually vote consistently.
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-lobbying/3758752-unions-bash-senators-for-rejecting-paid-sick-leave-for-rail-workers/
https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1598441214206005248?t=ibBygjBWWUtHan30NzahjQ&s=19
Sickening
Learn about citizens united. It hasn’t been a democracy for a while. Like no hyperbole, America is literally not a democracy. The sooner people understand it, the sooner they can assess how they want to make decisions what ever each individual chooses.
And who voted it down? Republicans.
What a fucking shithole place. Fuck the government
Why is this decision being made by senators in the first place? Like why is the federal government weighing in on this?
It's a win-win for the Republicans. They fuck over the rail workers and if there's a strike they'll blame Biden for any disruptions to the supply chain.
I see alot of “THEY don’t care” and “THE SENATE doesn’t give a fuck” in the comments but let’s be specific and fair. Every democrat voted yes fit paid sick leave with one exception, Joe Manchin, of course. Who isn’t really a democrat anyway. All of the No votes were REPUBLICANS. It’s not “they”, ITS REPUBLICANS AS USUAL. THEY DONT GIVE AF ABOUT THE WORKING MAN. WAKE UP CONSERVATIVES.
7 days is still bullshit but fuck these guys.
If 50% of Americans stopped voting for the party that openly favors protecting the rich at all costs, maybe we wouldn't be in this situation
207 Republicans voted against it
There's a reason we have a black man running around praising Hitler today.
It’s slavery with a PR department.
Yeah cause neither party can afford to lose their sponsors so instead of representing the people who voted them in they'll just let them wallow in squalor.
Ngl, I fucking knew it was a democratic oligarchy. Truly the only overarching power is the fat people with white hair, knocking on deaths door, insane with dementia. Our country is awesome. God. Bless. America.
Who in the hell would reject that? Disgusting. Collusion before your eyes
Republicans would rather die than give workers rights.
Republicans gonna republican
USA is an oligarchy, just like Russia - ruled by the rich, for the rich
Down with the GOP.
Well y’all keep voting for them.
7 fucking days! That’s it! Greedy mfs that never have to show up to a job making the rules.
Joe Manchin is turd king:
Here are the senators who voted Thursday against giving rail workers paid sick leave. Forty-two are Republicans, and one is a Democrat.
Blue collar workers sure love getting railed in the ass by the republicans they keep putting in office. Lol. No lube either!
And when they go on strike and cause a supply chain issue, what's going to happen? Seriously, fuck this. Railroad workers deserve so much more. The basic dignity of sick days is the least they want. They work so hard. This country is fucked up.
Republicans voting for a rail strike at Christmas
I hope there’s a strike and we see reform… wtf is this country
Some people doing mental gymnastics here to blame Democrats, but lets make it clear this is 100% on Republicans. They are the ones that voted against it.
Well, stop voting for the party that overwhelmingly votes against every single bill that would make your life better.
America is actually a puppet government run by corporations
Republicans are a real piece of shit
Need to remove sickdays for politicians, clearly a waste and not needed.
It’s a democracy, and in this democracy republicans are half the political spectrum. Rail workers, being blue collar, most likely sport Trump stickers on their Ford F-150s, so this, technically, is what they voted for. Slow clap for the blue collar folks who reliably vote against their own self-interests because some people have darker skin and like making whoopie with same sex partners.
Y’all forgot that the Paid Sick Day leave was once used to negotiate higher salaries by the Unions, so they dug their own grave there and now blame Congress. On the other hand: that was probably a few decades ago and things changed quite a lot since then, so give them their paid sick days. Especially when you’re outside all day working a somewhat dangerous job.
The world is run by oligarchs. The rest of us should take from the rich. The rail works are worth $2B per day if they strike but they are worth having sick leave? 😳🤯
Why the fuck do we need 60 votes? You know, instead of the normal 50?
What??? I thought that only in third world countries paid sick leave is not standard... Oh wait...
I don’t understand why the focus on Biden regarding this. Democrats all voted to give rail workers 7 days paid sick time. Republicans voted it down. What the fuck is the narrative here
Yea exactly.
It's propaganda meant to confuse the issue. Republicans killed this bill but they still need to blame Democrats and keep the "both sides" rhetoric alive so people who voted Republican don't have to confront their conscience.
They should crash the trains. If you wont spend the money for sick days, then you have to spend 10 times that to replace the equipment.
So, risk killing people.
Republicans going to blame the democrats for the strike too.
GOP voted against it because the Democrats want it. No other reason.