Unions and management reached a tentative deal early Thursday, averting a freight railroad strike that had threatened to cripple US supply chains and push prices higher for many goods.
The union still has to vote on it, so I don't know why everyone is saying it's over and averted already.
The American government will not allow such a significant strike. They will gun down striking workers before allowing the supply chain to break. That's said:
But the statement from Biden indicated that the major sticking point -- involving work rules and scheduling issues -- that had brought the country within a day of its first national rail strike in 30 years had been addressed in the unions' favor.
It seems the unions got what they wanted for now, though it would not have be possible without the looming threat of a strike. And sorry to rain on anyone's parade but I would expect the membership to accept this offer, they got their primary demand with scheduling changes. They aren't militant communists (yet, we gotta work on that). Still it is another success for the American labor movement.
They’re straight up lying. The deal is still shit. They are getting one extra annual day off and an option for unpaid sick leave. This deal is shit and if early indications are right the rank and file will reject it.
The union said the deal provides one additional paid day off a year as well a protections against discipline if they need time off to attend to routine and preventative medical care, as well as exemptions from attendance policies for hospitalizations and surgical procedures. Railroad actions against workers who were unable to be on call or report to work due to medical issues had stoked anger among union members.
This was already buried in the article under a mountain of spin from the administration. And even then, the idea that these concessions address their grievances is laughable. Perpetually on call and literally unable see your family for months at a time, but at least your boss won’t directly yell at you for going to the ER if you collapse from the lack of sleep
It is, and since it's such a small win, the railway system will continue to haemorrhage since it's not worth staying there for skilled staff. The companies just kicked total collapse down the road 3-4 years.
The American government will not allow such a significant strike. They will gun down striking workers before allowing the supply chain to break. That's said:
It seems the unions got what they wanted for now, though it would not have be possible without the looming threat of a strike. And sorry to rain on anyone's parade but I would expect the membership to accept this offer, they got their primary demand with scheduling changes. They aren't militant communists (yet, we gotta work on that). Still it is another success for the American labor movement.
They’re straight up lying. The deal is still shit. They are getting one extra annual day off and an option for unpaid sick leave. This deal is shit and if early indications are right the rank and file will reject it.
This was already buried in the article under a mountain of spin from the administration. And even then, the idea that these concessions address their grievances is laughable. Perpetually on call and literally unable see your family for months at a time, but at least your boss won’t directly yell at you for going to the ER if you collapse from the lack of sleep
It is, and since it's such a small win, the railway system will continue to haemorrhage since it's not worth staying there for skilled staff. The companies just kicked total collapse down the road 3-4 years.
That works for Dark Brandon since he won't be in office then.
They got one day of paid leave. That's pathetic. They need to make the country bleed.
:data-laughing: the US is way too dysfunctional to actually coordinate that, they can't fix or direct 'supply chains' when there isn't a strike on lol