Current Events > Biden sides with rail companies over workers they won't give sick leave

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You think the owners will just absorb the costs of these paid sick days? It's going to come back in the form of raised prices for consumers. People already complain about rising prices & downsized products. Siding with workers would have definitely made him look good in the eyes of liberals, but it was basically giving conservatives free shots.

nationalize the fucking rails

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It's about at least not giving them such easy "excuses". Also, Biden can't be directly blamed for that.

You think the owners will just absorb the costs of these paid sick days? It's going to come back in the form of raised prices for consumers. People already complain about rising prices & downsized products. Siding with workers would have definitely made him look good in the eyes of liberals, but it was basically giving conservatives free shots.

Sounds pretty COMMUNIST of you, comrade.

You think the owners will just absorb the costs of these paid sick days? It's going to come back in the form of raised prices for consumers. People already complain about rising prices & downsized products. Siding with workers would have definitely made him look good in the eyes of liberals, but it was basically giving conservatives free shots.

you're right. all jobs that directly affect consumer prices should eliminate any and all worker benefits, since those ultimately just drive price up.

*rolls eyes*

They arent intervening on the sick days though. They are playing politics.

by making it a bill (that they know will pass) and an amendment (that they know will die) they are trying to wash their hands of it and say they made an effort to give the workers their sick days but republicans blocked it

The new measure passed by the House on Wednesday imposes a previous agreement that was rejected by four of the 12 labour unions involved in the negotiations, which collectively represent over 100,000 freight carrier employees.

The deal included 24% raises - the most in more than 40 years - and $5,000 in bonuses stretched over a series of annual payments. While employees would be expected to pay a larger portion of their health insurance costs, premiums would be restricted to a maximum of 15%.

The issue of paid sick leave was contentious during prior negotiations, with the unions - which had previously expressed a preference for higher wages and strong disability benefits over sick days - arguing that the immensely profitable railroad companies could afford them with minimal impact.

Note: the holdouts make up a majority of the workers affected

that the majority of unions voted to support and only got stopped because of a handful of holdouts?

You think the owners will just absorb the costs of these paid sick days? It's going to come back in the form of raised prices for consumers. People already complain about rising prices & downsized products. Siding with workers would have definitely made him look good in the eyes of liberals, but it was basically giving conservatives free shots.

You're calling it a bullshit number in the very same topic where everyone has completely omitted all of the things that the union is actually getting so they can pretend like they're being completely screwed over due to one thing they're not getting, which the unions themselves said was a lower priority months ago.

A 24% pay raise, bonuses, and a cap on health insurance costs is also, as you put it, "kind of a big deal."

Doesnt mean they shouldnt go for broke if they have the necessary leverage to do so. After all, an opportunity like this is one in a million, so theyd be fools to pass it up and hope to negotiate for the rest of their demands later.

Well, I'll just put it simply this way: workers rights sound like a great idea, until people realize their stuff costs more than it used to.