cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21984384

By Simon J. Levien
Reporting from Erie, Pa.
Oct. 31, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET

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  • Verdant Banana
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    01 month ago

    shutting down the rail strike was not being overall okay on workers’ it was shitting all over them and the rest of the workers

    just because a Democrat is the offender does not make it better than if a Republican did it

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      11 month ago

      shutting down the rail strike was not being overall okay on workers’ it was shitting all over them and the rest of the workers

      Definitely true. I acknowledged that as a black spot on his record, but that doesn’t change that he was generally pro-worker and pro-union.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness
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        51 month ago

        Sick days were just one demand of many the unions wanted, and even then it fell short of what they had demanded. “We got them their demands later” is basically propaganda at this point.

          • NoneOfUrBusiness
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            31 month ago

            One union did that. Many others didn’t.

            They also got them a historic pay raise and other concessions.

            Did he abolish the system that made accidents more likely and was the reason they striked in the first place?

            • @[email protected]
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              01 month ago

              Does the president have unilateral authority to make laws? How do you expect him to abolish that system without Congressional action?

              • NoneOfUrBusiness
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                11 month ago

                It’s not a legal system, but rather something the rail company (companies???) implemented. The workers were trying to get the company to abolish it by striking but Biden crushed the strike without giving them their central demand.