OK, but be prepared for them to pick the wrong side
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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Doesn't the broken-by-Congress railroad strike demonstrate that Biden, et al. have already chosen their side, and that it isn't labor?
Its always IBEW
Not a union that had and still has strike-worthy grievances, or a major union within the railroad industry. Has made a great pro-Biden press piece though.
Source: union trying to spin a measly 4 sick days in an entire year as a complete victory while giving Biden oversized credit for merely APPOINTING the people who did all the work.
While he DOES deserve a little credit for appointing good pro-union people to the relevant posts, this wasn't his doing.
The only thing HE did personally was use his influence as president to effectively strip them of their hard won right to strike by forcing them to (provisionally, but still) accept a bad agreement from his owner donors in the corrupt rail industry.
Yep. I was hoping someone would comment this. He didn't want to take an economic hit right before the midterms, so broke the strike but also essentially made the reailroad give concessions.
Less than 50% of what they were seeking though, it’s a concession, not a victory. They got 4 whole days, wow, such good.
When people strike, they do not unyieldingly demand 100% of what they asked for initially. It is a negotiation. They negotiate. While 50% is not ideal, it is progress and pretty decent concessions.
Less than 50%, 28% to be precise. That’s just the sick days, if we include all the other things they were asking for, they got less than 10% of what they asked for.
Media cycles have broken people's memory.
Oh this is very different from a UAV strike.
It's the Unmanned Aerial Wehicle, it's not that different.
Yeah! Strike! Time to show these tuckers who has the power.
Are the people in charge of unions this naive, or is this is just a pandering political statement
Democrats are just a capitalistic spinoff to appeal to the left, and prevent any true left movement to gain steam
Guaranteed that Biden would convince the rest of the Dems to override their rights, just like with the rail workers.
It's frankly ridiculous that anyone still thinks he's pro-labor. He's on the side of management every time.