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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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what do you mean? biden walked the picket line! sure he broke the rail strike, but he was there when it didnt count!
An got the rail workers a 14% immediate pay raise, an additional 25% over 5 years, a PTO day, and in the followup as he promised, an additional 4 sicks days and 3 convertible.
A PTO day lmao. And you wonder why people are pissed he broke up the strike.
I'm not remotely surprised, and I didn't support him pushing to stop the strike either.
That doesn't mean I think its OK to leave out what he did do to exagerrate a position.
Do you know why they were striking? Low staffing levels leading to long hours, overworked staff, and building safety concerns as a result.
What part of my comment makes it appear as if I wasn't aware?
He still broke the strike subverting the will of the workers. That is a slap in the face and undercuts the pto day they get a year.
He did.
As well as get a pay raise, a guarantee of additional raises, PTO, additional sick days, and convertible days.
Pretending nothing was done undercuts the issue, and spreads misinformation about what actually happened.