"The Senate voted on Thursday to reject a proposal to give railway workers seven days of sick leave, a benefit that was left out of a labor deal brokered by the presidential emergency board between freight rail companies and unionized workers."
:death-to-the-poor:
This is what is so insane about all this. Congress is compelling people to work on terms they do not agree with. If people aren't able to negotiate the conditions of their employment, that is slavery. It's absurd that nobody is framing this as such.
I don't think they're gonna strike because Americans are terrified of their government like everyone else, but it's still awful to see everyone just roll over and take this.
OUCH, got burned by that take
It's distinct from chattel slavery but it is slavery nonetheless. If these workers choose to withhold their labor they will be compelled to return to work by fines, imprisonment, batons, and rifles. How can a person be considered free if they can be forced to sell their labor power, that is to work, on terms they explicitly did not agree to?