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Rail workers reject new contracts; strikes are back on the table
Posted on 10/12/22 at 8:32 am
Posted on 10/12/22 at 8:32 am
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Rail workers reject new contracts, reviving strike fears after Biden took credit for ending dispute
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A major rail-worker union having reject a Biden administration-backed labor contract has reignited concerns about a strike that could worse the county's ongoing supply chain issues and fuel inflation that has already reached record highs, in part over a scarcity of goods.
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the Teamsters on Monday rejected the tentative contract in large part over a lack of paid sick days, union President Tony Cardell said.
The ongoing contract dispute with the freight railroad industry has largely been about compensation and working conditions.
BMWED represents about 12,000 rail workers, making it one of the largest and most powerful such union.
While the no vote will force the rail companies and labor unions back to the negotiating table, the workers cannot strike until after a so-called cooling-off period in late November, after the midterm elections, according to Politico.
This post was edited on 10/12/22 at 8:34 am
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Posted on 10/12/22 at 8:34 am to goofball
Biden sure takes credit for a lot of things that havent or never will happen
Posted on 10/12/22 at 8:40 am to goofball
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The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the Teamsters on Monday rejected the tentative contract in large part over a lack of paid sick days, union President Tony Cardell said.
Then give them some fricking paid sick days.
It’s absolutely absurd in this day and age that parts of the railroad industry don’t have paid sick days.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 8:41 am to Caraway Rye
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Biden sure takes credit for a lot of things that havent or never will happen
Someone should tell him that Putin is raising gas prices again.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 8:56 am to goofball
The offer to the union was pretty strong and included a 23 or 25% across the board pay raise. Give me that and unpaid sick days any time. How often are these people sick?
Posted on 10/12/22 at 8:58 am to goofball
It's a straight line for Christ sake. They don't even have to steer. What more do they want?
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:07 am to BluegrassBelle
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It’s absolutely absurd in this day and age that parts of the railroad industry don’t have paid sick days.
Not every place officially has paid sick days. My company for example just has a bucket of PTO you get and you can use it for vacation or sick days or hungover days or whatever.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:09 am to jbgleason
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The offer to the union was pretty strong and included a 23 or 25% across the board pay raise. Give me that and unpaid sick days any time. How often are these people sick?
they are already pretty well paid, they don't want to be on call 24/7.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:09 am to OysterPoBoy
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It's a straight line for Christ sake. They don't even have to steer. What more do they want?
If you've never known anyone that works one of these jobs I could forgive this kinda talk.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:10 am to BluegrassBelle
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Then give them some fricking paid sick days.
It’s absolutely absurd in this day and age that parts of the railroad industry don’t have paid sick days.
Do you think it's really that simple?
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:13 am to jbgleason
If you have to miss a round trip then it’s really a half a weeks pay that they miss out on.
The vast majority call in “sick” on the weekend to not miss birthdays, big games, etc. They just want the ability to do it punishment free more often.
The vast majority call in “sick” on the weekend to not miss birthdays, big games, etc. They just want the ability to do it punishment free more often.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:14 am to dome53
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The vast majority call in “sick” on the weekend to not miss birthdays, big games, etc. They just want the ability to do it punishment free more often.
Yes. Also, if their scheduling wasn't bat shite insane you'd have more people working their schedules and not needing to use "sick."
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:19 am to goofball
i guess 60 minutes won't be doing a follow up story to their puff piece about President Biden saving America from a potential crisis.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 9:29 am to goofball
The only thing Biden was trying to do was to delay the strike till after the election. It worked.
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