1. About a "right to strike", Google "Railway Labor Act of 1926" aka the RLA. For example:
TITLE: How an arcane 96-year-old law stopped the rail strike
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/business/railway-labor-act-freight-railroad-strike/index.htmlBy the way, when the RLA was passed in 1926, the 69th Congress was in session and the President was Calvin Coolidge. In that Congress, the Republicans had the majority in both the House and the Senate. Furthermore, Coolidge was a Republican. So, if you don't like the RLA and that it stopped this rail strike, bitch at the Republicans - they passed it.
2. Of the 12 railway unions, 8 agreed to the compromise deal in September. So, it's only 4 holding out. I believe the Federal Government helped broker additional concessions to the September agreement that were made in response to legitimate desires of the workers.
4. And, before you whine, bitch, and moan about this being "Biden/Democrats", the aversion this railway strike was bipartisan.
TITLE: House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U. S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved.
The measure passed by a vote of 290-137 and now heads to the Senate.
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TITLE: Congress votes to avert rail strike amid dire warnings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to avert what could have been an economically ruinous freight rail strike won final approval in Congress on Thursday as lawmakers responded quickly to President Joe Biden’s call for federal intervention in a long-running labor dispute.
The Senate passed a bill to bind rail companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached between the rail companies and union leaders in September. That settlement had been rejected by four of the 12 unions involved, creating the possibility of a strike beginning Dec. 9.
The Senate vote was 80-15. It came one day after the House voted to impose the agreement. The measure now goes to Biden’s desk for his signature.
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I'm starting to think that THIS is the real reason for the lingering anti-Trump vehemence; if people actually started doing a side-by-side comparison of Biden and Reagan, they'd realize they were living in Animal Farm. So long as the specter of The Evil Orange One is still out there, however...
The idiotic attempt to force the US power grid onto a wildly unsustainable solar/wind pairing would leave even MORE of the country's transportation needs onto the rail lines. And given just how much can (or is) ONLY transportation by rail, letting it go to a strike with the trucking industry hobbled by rising oil prices would kill people. Literally.
But it won't. Congress will intervene, and Biden will brag about his negotiating skills, and the Democrat faithful will still insist that they're the party of the working class.
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I strongly suspect they are not telling us the whole story, and in fact Joe has promised a great deal from the American people.
In reality every last one of the rail workers striking should be fired on the spot. They have NO right to extort anyone including but not limited to the people kind enough to offer them a system of employment. They don't owe you anything nor do you Owe them anything.
If you don't like your job find a new job and quit.That’s Communism but he is the leader of the Communist’s means to stress our Business community…. And, USA Economy
I don't support ANYTHING Joe Biden or the current Democrats/leftists support.
yup, fuck the unions. FFS, they're getting a 25% raise.
Isn't that completely unconstitutional?
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