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missiles home on radar or infrared. Not much of either from a baggie full of angel fart.How the fuck do you miss a balloon with a missile?
missiles home on radar or infrared. Not much of either from a baggie full of angel fart.How the fuck do you miss a balloon with a missile?
I support the right to negotiate a collective agreement that all parties agree to, and unfortunately that didn't happen in this scenario. There will never be a good time for job action, whether it's a strike or a lockout, as parties not involved will always be negatively affected, and the poor will always be hardest hit.i get it, you support the unions.
that doesn't change the fact that while they had been dissatisfied for years, they picked a time to "negotiate" that would cause harm to the poor people, as well as the wealthy. that knocks them a few paces off of the moral high ground as far as i'm concerned.
Managements job is to make money for the shareholders of the company. If they decide to do that by over working their pool of employees, that knocks them right the fuck off of the hill...
At any other time, when the supply chain wasn't already in shambles, and inflation wasn't already rising insanely, I highly doubt the administration would have been involved at all.
So in your opinion, it's better for Biden to ignore the measures he was more or less forced to take, and hope they do too?
It would be an insult for him to make a sincere statement that he supports them, and only did what he did out of necessity?
It seems to me that ignoring the situation would be more insulting, but i'm socially inept, i'll take your word for that.
Not getting everything they wanted does not make for a bad deal.I support the right to negotiate a collective agreement that all parties agree to, and unfortunately that didn't happen in this scenario. There will never be a good time for job action, whether it's a strike or a lockout, as parties not involved will always be negatively affected, and the poor will always be hardest hit.
Management is already over working the employees by all accounts, they don't even deny that from what I have read. They could fire an employee if they got stuck in a hospital before the recent changes. Management doesn't give any fucks about the moral high ground, labour is nothing more than a tool to produce money from. That's capitalism baby, and that's why the market should set the price for labour and not forced by government intervention.
In my opinion, Biden making a statement that he supports the unions position without any action following his statement will only cause further resentment towards him and his administration. Wouldn't take much from him to force changes, maybe bring up the threat of a maximum number of hours a week the RR employee would be allowed to work,,, for the safety of the RR system overall.
I understand why the NRLC would be highlighting all of those points, they represent the companies. Companies that are making record profits (not saying that is bad, just highlighting it because they are pointing out rail worker wages, important context).Not getting everything they wanted does not make for a bad deal.
All of the new agreements increase wages by 24 percent during the five-year period from 2020 through 2024, with a 14.1 wage percent increase effective immediately. The agreements also include five $1,000 annual lump sum payments, adjustments to health care premiums, and health benefit enhancements, and an additional personal leave day for all employees. A portion of the wage increases and lump sum payments are retroactive, resulting in more than $11,000 on average in immediate payouts to employees.
The wage increases in the new agreements are the most substantial in decades – with average rail worker wages reaching about $110,000 per year by the end of the agreement. When health care, retirement, and other benefits are considered, the value of rail employees’ total compensation package, which already ranks among the highest in the nation, would average about $160,000 per year.
FAQs | National Railway Labor Conference
Check here for answers to frequently asked questions about the bargaining process or the railway industry.raillaborfacts.org
By 2024, those workers will be making 110,000/year on average. The agreement wins concessions that removes penalties for missing time due to an illness or medical emergency. Rail employees receive up to five weeks of vacation in addition to up to 14 paid holidays and/or paid leave days (all depending on craft and seniority). They also participate in a carrier-funded federal sickness benefit program, and many have access to other benefits under existing labor agreements. What they are getting is a good deal. What they now have is called flexible time off -- they can take time off without penalty by taking time off within the flexible time off limits.
As seen by employment statistics, while other jobs have been going unfilled, there are an abundance of people applying for rail worker positions relative to openings. That faq say 42:1
Sometimes one has to accept winning and move on.
Biden is the POTUS, not a labor rep, so, he did what was necessary to keep the economic recovery going WHILE getting those workers PAID. Nobody lost in this.I understand why the NRLC would be highlighting all of those points, they represent the companies. Companies that are making record profits (not saying that is bad, just highlighting it because they are pointing out rail worker wages, important context).
I'm not arguing that it's a bad deal, my point is Biden sold himself as "Blue collar Joe" that is going to fight for the workers. By forcing unions to accept an agreement that union members voted on and rejected, he is setting himself up to lose that support.
I wouldn't call losing the ability to collective bargaining winning, but I'll move on regardless.
you're confusing me...last post you said management was just doing it's job..now they give zero fucks and use labor as a means to an end?I support the right to negotiate a collective agreement that all parties agree to, and unfortunately that didn't happen in this scenario. There will never be a good time for job action, whether it's a strike or a lockout, as parties not involved will always be negatively affected, and the poor will always be hardest hit.
Management is already over working the employees by all accounts, they don't even deny that from what I have read. They could fire an employee if they got stuck in a hospital before the recent changes. Management doesn't give any fucks about the moral high ground, labour is nothing more than a tool to produce money from. That's capitalism baby, and that's why the market should set the price for labour and not forced by government intervention.
In my opinion, Biden making a statement that he supports the unions position without any action following his statement will only cause further resentment towards him and his administration. Wouldn't take much from him to force changes, maybe bring up the threat of a maximum number of hours a week the RR employee would be allowed to work,,, for the safety of the RR system overall.
if people getting that kind of deal decide not to support Biden, then they can just get fucked.I understand why the NRLC would be highlighting all of those points, they represent the companies. Companies that are making record profits (not saying that is bad, just highlighting it because they are pointing out rail worker wages, important context).
I'm not arguing that it's a bad deal, my point is Biden sold himself as "Blue collar Joe" that is going to fight for the workers. By forcing unions to accept an agreement that union members voted on and rejected, he is setting himself up to lose that support.
I wouldn't call losing the ability to collective bargaining winning, but I'll move on regardless.
The party will be in someone else’s house soonI thought this was a meme thread?![]()
Rules for thee and not for me is the right wing platformI thought this was a meme thread?![]()
Present opinion as fact then cut and run is so radical rightI understand why the NRLC would be highlighting all of those points, they represent the companies. Companies that are making record profits (not saying that is bad, just highlighting it because they are pointing out rail worker wages, important context).
I'm not arguing that it's a bad deal, my point is Biden sold himself as "Blue collar Joe" that is going to fight for the workers. By forcing unions to accept an agreement that union members voted on and rejected, he is setting himself up to lose that support.
I wouldn't call losing the ability to collective bargaining winning, but I'll move on regardless.
"March for life", sounds like a good thing? Sounds a lot better than "March for us controlling the rights of women, lgbtq people, and minorities". Which is too much for a magat to read at one time, and it wraps around the sides of the t-shirts they'll be selling.
The fact that the NRA doesn't allow open carry or any carry at its conventions, tells me everything I need to know about them and America's gun culture. Shut off the lights and throw in a pack of firecrackers and you'd have the stupid paranoid cunts killing each other en mass, it would be a slaughter of the stupid until the ammo ran out."March for life", sounds like a good thing? Sounds a lot better than "March for us controlling the rights of women, lgbtq people, and minorities". Which is too much for a magat to read at one time, and it wraps around the sides of the t-shirts they'll be selling.
what do you want to bet this event will never be the target of a crazy gunman? can't happen, when they're all attending the event.
The fact that the NRA doesn't allow open carry or any carry at its conventions, tells me everything I need to know about them and America's gun culture. Shut off the lights and throw in a pack of firecrackers and you'd have the stupid paranoid cunts killing each other en mass, it would be a slaughter of the stupid until the ammo ran out.