Biden Can Easily End the Railroad Strike

[Weatherman2020]

Declare an EO to take over the affected railroads. Government then runs the railroad and makes it illegal for strikes.

Been done before.

Statement by the President Upon Issuing Order Averting a Railroad Strike. | The American Presidency Project

www.presidency.ucsb.edu

 

[1srelluc]

This is one time I support a RR strike.....Railroad workers are being shit on big time.

 

[JGalt]

Declare an EO to take over the affected railroads. Government then runs the railroad and makes it illegal for strikes.

Been done before.

Statement by the President Upon Issuing Order Averting a Railroad Strike. | The American Presidency Project

www.presidency.ucsb.edu

Come on, man. You know exactly what Biden is going to do: He will eventually cave to the union bosses and attack the railroad owners by way of some EO.

He really has no choice in the matter.

 

[22lcidw]

102 billion dollars in the infrastructure bill for railroad passenger and freight. The employees smelled and uptick.

 

[Concerned American]

Government then runs the railroad and makes it illegal for strikes.

It is already illegal for rail workers to strike according to the Rail Worker Labor Act.

The Railway Labor Act is a United States federal law on US labor law that governs labor relations in the railroad and airline industries. The Act, enacted in 1926 and amended in 1934 and 1936, seeks to substitute bargaining, arbitration and mediation for strikes to resolve labor disputes. Its provisions were originally enforced under the Board of Mediation, but they were later enforced under a National Mediation Board.

Railway Labor Act - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Thunk]

They work 7 days a week...allowed to take off 28 days a year (not even 1 day a week) and that day off can be canceled at any moment and/or bought back from you for a days wage.

I thunk this one is going to the mat! They are ready to quit...not just strike.

 

[Thunk]

Trump would have been on this like fly paper. He would have never let it gotten this far.

 

[Concerned American]

They are ready to quit

That is their prerogative--rail workers are forbidden by law to strike and must submit to mediation. They knew this when they hired on.

 

[Thunk]

rail workers are forbidden by law to strike and must submit to mediation

They did submit to mediation...an agreement was never reached.

 

[Thunk]

So who has the song stuck in their head...

I've been working on the railroad...all the live long day



I do!

 

[Manonthestreet]

Declare an EO to take over the affected railroads. Government then runs the railroad and makes it illegal for strikes.

Been done before.

Statement by the President Upon Issuing Order Averting a Railroad Strike. | The American Presidency Project

www.presidency.ucsb.edu

Good luck with that.

 

[Thunk]

Someone's in the kitchen with Dina...someone's in the kitchen I KNOOOoooooOOOOOooowwww...someone's in the kitchin with DINAAAAA strummin' on the old banjo

 

[Harry Dresden]

That is their prerogative--rail workers are forbidden by law to strike and must submit to mediation. They knew this when they hired on.

thats right......the air traffic controllers knew this too.....they were stupid to listen to the union......the union knew better....

 

[candycorn]

And he did:

Tentative labor deal averts threat of nationwide rail strike

Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains and devastated the economy less than two months before the midterm elections.

apnews.com

Good news for Americans.
Bad news for Conservatives.

 

[Concerned American]

And he did:

Tentative labor deal averts threat of nationwide rail strike

Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains and devastated the economy less than two months before the midterm elections.

apnews.com

Good news for Americans.
Bad news for Conservatives.

They are forbidden by law to strike anyway. It remains to be seen if they accept these terms.
Your link--
Many railroad workers spoke out on social media saying they would vote against a deal that only delivered what the Presidential Emergency Board recommended.
I truly hope that they get a contract that meets their requirements, your partisan hack post notwithstanding.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Without fanfare, without controversy, our President quietly goes about his job.

ABC reports, "The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell again last week to a four-month low even as the Federal Reserve continues its aggressive interest rate cuts to bring inflation under control.

"Applications for jobless aid for the week ending Sept. 10 fell by 5,000 to 213,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That's the fewest since late May.

"The four-week average for claims, which offsets some of the weekly volatility, fell by 8,000 to 224,000.

"Hiring in the U.S. in 2022 has been remarkably strong even in the midst of rising interest rates and weak economic growth. The Federal Reserve has aggressively raised interest rates in an effort to bring down inflation, which generally also slows job growth.

"Earlier this month, the Labor Department reported that employers added still-strong 315,000 jobs in August, though less than the average 487,000 a month over the past year. The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%, its highest level since February, but for a healthy reason: Hundreds of thousands of people returned to the job market, and some didn’t find work right away, so the government’s count of unemployed people rose."

Interesting that naysayers are dinging the President for his handling of the economy, particularly when one realizes that Republican administrations have a nasty habit of creating recessions during their run.

Then our President dealt with a severe threat to our economy.

ABC explains, "American railway companies and unions have reached a tentative labor agreement amid the threat of strikes.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh announced the news on Twitter early Thursday. He said the tentative agreement "balances the needs of workers, businesses, and our nation's economy."

"The Biden Administration applauds all parties for reaching this hard-fought, mutually beneficial deal," Walsh added. "Our rail system is integral to our supply chain, and a disruption would have had catastrophic impacts on industries, travelers and families across the country."

 

[Augustine_]

Biden Can Easily End the Railroad Strike​

 

[Harry Dresden]

thats right......the air traffic controllers knew this too.....they were stupid to listen to the union......the union knew better....

hey augustine?.....am i wrong?....come on lets hear it.....

 

[g5000]

Biden Can Easily End the Railroad Strike​

And so he did. When are you going to praise him?

 

[Weatherman2020]

And so he did. When are you going to praise him?

I wish I settled for a mere 25% pay raise when I was working.