Daily Wire:
The threat of a railroad strike returns just before the holidays as the nation’s largest rail conductor union voted to reject its latest offer.
SMART Transportation Division, the union representing the rail conductors, announced the results on Monday, adding that negotiations have until a December 8 deadline to avoid a potential strike.
“Honestly, this vote is about the frustration that the railroads have created with [their attendance policies] and the deterioration of quality of life as a result for our conductors,” Jared Cassity, the national legislative director at SMART Transportation, told the Washington Post.
“It’s about attendance policies, sick time, fatigue, and the lack of family time. A lot of these things that cannot be seen but are felt by our membership. It’s destroying their livelihoods,” he added.
The attendance policy has been a major focus of the union vote. The deal offered to union workers also included a 24% pay increase by 2024 and updates for workers for healthcare appointments. Unless Congress intervenes or a new deal is struck before the deadline, workers could strike. more
IT’S SUPER DEPRESSING, THIS DEEP DARK WHOLE WE’VE FALLEN IN
BOTH THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT HAVE TAKEN US HERE, LIKE HANSEL AND GRETEL ABANDONED BY THEIR PARENTS FOR THE SECOND TIME
WE HAVE LOOKED TO A CORRUPT AND FECKLESS GOVERNMENT WHEN IT IS THEY WHO SHOULD LOOK TO US
WE NEED TO RETAKE OWNERSHIP OF A GOVERNMENT RUN AMOK
I’M HOPEFUL THAT WE HAVE REACHED THE BOTTOM, ONLY TO FIND JOEK BIDEN, NOW DETERMINED COLLECTIVELY TO FIGHT LIKE BLOODY HELL DURING THE NEXT 2 YRS TO GET OUT OF THIS DISASTER
OTHERWISE, OUR BEAUTIFUL LADY AMERICA IS DONE FOR GOOD
I seem to recall in the not so distant past, the husk was taking a victory lap over this very thing. The good doktor must have done the negotiating while Joe was having his pudding & nap. What a trainwreck(!!!!!)these people are for this country.
My son is a conductor-just became and engineer-and tells me the problem is no one trusts the railroad companies and very few trust their union leadership. The time off is a BIG part of the problem. Right now, to avoid being penalized for taking a day off, like to go to the emergency room, he needs to give them 30 days notice. See why they are not happy?
This and all the other things the Dems put off until after the mid-term election.
When Elon buys the railroad companies It’s going to be great again!!!!!!!
Fortunately, Joe kicked the can far enough down the road so it wouldn’t affect the election.
It must be the republicans fault since they had nothing to do with Joey stepping in and negotiating a peace treaty before the elections
Stoppage of transportation of raw materials is a National Security threat. We know how Reagan or Trump would have responded. This should be quite telling.
Sure sounds like an all around toxic work enviroment to me.
Joey will never fire the striking railroad workers like Reagan did with the striking air traffic controllers in the early 80’s. He’s deliberately trying to destroy this country thru all his negative policies, and he needs to be stopped before he accomplishes that evil and nefarious goal of total destruction of our freedoms and our way of life. And whatever’s left he’ll give it to the chinks. FJB/LGB!