In other union news: impending rail workers strike would cost the economy $2 billion per day....
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It's the behind-the-scenes governance stuff that goes completely unappreciated.
No rallies
No Tweets
Just pushing to get results. You can disagree with policies, but THIS is what you expect in terms of actions out of your government and your elected officials.
So the pro-union administration strong-armed the workers into taking the deal.
When the SHTF, democrats abandon their principles.
Hallelujah! This is great news. Congratulations to all who were in on those meetings to turn the tide. Now, do some intensive transportation hiring and get train schedules back where they need to be! Hire a lot more MOW as well! Let’s railroad. 👍🏻
The workers got better conditions. Did they get everything? No. But it’s better. That’s the way negotiations work. You get some you give some.
I understand, that as a conservative who supports republicans, the concept of compromise is foreign to you. Republicans believe that any compromise with democrats would result only in a primary challenge.
They negotiated a deal the union has apparently accepted.
They accepted it because the government negotiators told them Congress was drafting legislation to force them to take the deal.
Thad has no idea what the word, COMPROMISE means.
Ok I’m confused. If they hadn’t reached a deal, you would have been openly critical of how much of a government failure it was and also blamed the workers for being greedy. Now you’re upset that the workers didnt ask for more and just agreed because they had to?
I'm not upset. A rail workers' strike would have been a complete disaster for the country. And the 24 percent increase in wages will keep upward pressure on inflation because the railroads are going to pass those costs on in higher shipping costs. They're not just going to eat it.
I'm fine with paying a little more, if someone I'm relying on is getting a "living wage".
We could reduce the taxes on the bottom 60% of taxpayers to offset added costs, and make corporations and the top 5% pay their fair share. And still have extra $$ left over.
Go back and read the original story, Joe. They were already getting much more than a "living wage"....
Go back and read about "sick leave" and "bereavement leave".
It's great to have a leader in the White House. Joe continues to lead the country getting legislation passed and improving the economy.
He's a uniter and looks out for all Americans.
Calm competence at the top means a lot.
Also, he has good people working for him. Marty Walsh and Pete Buttigieg did the heavy lifting.
As others have mentioned, this deal doesn't get done by tweeting at one side, or both sides, randomly. This deal doesn't get done with a bottom rung grifter like Trump employed in his cabinet.
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Trad, ih, Northern... They were going to jerk themselves blind if there had been a strike and the economy had taken a hit. Even if they'd been impacted, they'd have celebrated the disruption.
Tough to be a Republican. Cheering for inflation and strikes. Lunatic candidates. Sad and pathetic.
Why would a union want inflation?
Also I worked with unions for years. None ever pushed striking or even came close. I negotiated against them even.
Dude, why would you say that? You start a decent thread, then you come in with crap like that.
If everyone gets paid more (24 percent more in this case), what do YOU think will happen to prices for stuff?
The 24% is a compounded amount over years. It's half the current inflation rate.
Are you not familiar with how he operates? He's Muhammed Ali in his mind. Post like a butterfly, sting like a bee!
Unions are scum. Don't like the deal with your current job? Then quit and get another one. Don't collude with your coworkers to threaten to put your employer out of business if they don't give you whatever you want.
#ShouldBeIllegal
100% true and just the tip of the ole iceberg as they say.
Mike, with all due respect, I think you and I totally disconnected here.
I was actually in agreement with your post and just wanted to give another example of people behind the scenes who help keep the "trains running on time", even though mine were cargo/transport, airline, military, and even general aviation aircraft and not trains.
The people behind the scenes in that scenario often get shat upon because few people actually know of their existence and could care less. It's those people who are expected to often times give up their personal lives for the general good of others. It's those people who work all shifts of the day, that more often than not don't get to see their families on the holidays and birthdays, or even in my case, don't even get to see his son score the only TD of his career in a scoop-and-score play while playing the nose tackle position. I learned of it by a text message from my wife. I still regret that simple time of my life.
I totally agree with your position.
Peace.
And if they did Trad…. Congress was! It’s a negotiating ploy and little more. You sound as though you wanted a transportation strike. I want folks to WORK! Work keeps idle minds busy and out of trouble.
Secretly, maybe even not so secretly, the Radical Right wanted a strike for selfish, political reasons.
The WH didn't let it happen.
It's to the benefit of the majority of the nation that this agreement was reached.
People like Trad just swallow what conservative media shoves down their throat.
This is clearly a win/win for all involved.
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