He stopped their strike to avoid crippling the US economy and kept supporting the unions in their contract negotiations until the unions got the sick leave they were asking for.
From the IBEW:
“We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.”
He stopped the union from using its power to get what it wants, and dragged the matter out for months longer before they got what they would have if left to their own in the first place.
Also they were fighting for 15 days, none of them got 15 days.
You are not the billionaire class, never side with a strike breaker.
Strike breaking is a terrible precedent. It makes sure the workers know power comes from above and not from below, which is where it should come from, sucking the power and energy from organizing, which is necessary for when there are less friendly presidents out there.
Some railroads use a points-based attendance system. While each points-based system is different, they all provide employees with the flexibility to take reasonable amounts of time off, the ability to earn credits for regular attendance and a way to challenge attendance-related actions that they believe may have been unwarranted.
-American Association of Railroads (They represent the corporations) admitting they’re still using the attendance system that started all of this in the first place.
2 person crews was not an issue put on the table at all by the unions in 2022. The only reason they’re even able to bring it to the table now is because they’ve made progress on sick leave and scheduling systems, which were their priorities in 2022. You really reaching for something negative here
He stopped their strike to avoid crippling the US economy and kept supporting the unions in their contract negotiations until the unions got the sick leave they were asking for.
From the IBEW:
“We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.”
He stopped the union from using its power to get what it wants, and dragged the matter out for months longer before they got what they would have if left to their own in the first place.
Also they were fighting for 15 days, none of them got 15 days.
You are not the billionaire class, never side with a strike breaker.
I don’t know where you got that I’m siding with the billionaire class with my direct quote from a fucking involved union. Jesus fucking christ bro
Strike breaking is a terrible precedent. It makes sure the workers know power comes from above and not from below, which is where it should come from, sucking the power and energy from organizing, which is necessary for when there are less friendly presidents out there.
Yup they got sick days for the office workers. The guys who are actually close to the metal are still as fucked as they were before the strike.
Source?
Still don’t have 2 person engineer teams…
Only 1 union has paid sick leave agreements with all class 1 carriers
-American Association of Railroads (They represent the corporations) admitting they’re still using the attendance system that started all of this in the first place.
2 person crews was not an issue put on the table at all by the unions in 2022. The only reason they’re even able to bring it to the table now is because they’ve made progress on sick leave and scheduling systems, which were their priorities in 2022. You really reaching for something negative here
It absolutely was part of it.
Source?
No. You’re all over this thread just ignoring the sources you demand. I’m not wasting anymore time on you.
You haven’t given a single source from a union asking for something that hasn’t been addressed in their contracts since all this went down in 2022