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Biden vows to reopen Baltimore port, rebuild collapsed Key Bridge (thehill.com)

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President Biden vowed Tuesday to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after it collapsed into the water when a cargo ship rammed into it, echoing what some Maryland officials said earlier but adding that he expects the federal government to foot the bill.

“It’s my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge, and I expect the Congress to support my effort,” Biden said in remarks at the White House. “This is going to take some time, but the people of Baltimore can count on us though to stick with them at every step of the way until the port is reopen and the bridge is rebuilt.”

He said he spoke with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Tuesday morning, as well as Maryland officials including its congressional delegation and two U.S. senators. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to the Baltimore site.

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[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 18 points 7 months ago

Oh shit -- yeah, you're 100% right on homelessness, I hadn't seen that. Mostly I look at sources that haven't been updated for 2023 yet. But yeah that's 100% accurate, I edited my comment.

So your railroad story is from December 2022 -- i.e. right after the strike broke, but before there had been time for the labor department to secure sick days for the workers, including at the exact union that guy's a member of.

Here's another story about it.

Joseph McCartin, a labor historian at Georgetown University, said: “It’s a significant set of quiet victories. It shows that it really makes a difference to have a pro-labor president.”

Here's another from early on, and then here's the update from June when 60% of workers had their sick leave.

Is that enough? Not really. I agree with Tormey's anger about how he's being treated, especially in December 2022 when the wounds would still have been fresh, and I'm sure on the whole balance he's still getting fucked. It's a goddamned shame. My point was more that Biden had the chance to break strikes on behalf of around 450,000 striking workers in 2023, and he didn't. Why do you think he didn't break any of those strikes?

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