Comment on UPS drivers won “historic heat protections.” They say the company hasn't lived up to that promise.

verdantbanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• MiltownClowns@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  what do you mean? biden walked the picket line! sure he broke the rail strike, but he was there when it didnt count!

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  • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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.

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    • MiltownClowns@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He subverted the will of the union using the might of the government. It doesnt matter what happened after that, as a union man that is the definition of anti worker.

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      • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I agree, but leaving it out is still lying about what actually happened.

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    • verdantbanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      after threatening them with their livlihoods and retirement yes he gave them a small amount of what they were demanding

      not a victory and that is not a champion of worker’s rights

      In September 2022, U.S. Senators Richard Burr and Roger Wicker introduced a bill that would have required labor unions to agree to the terms proposed by the Presidential Emergency Board, to prevent a strike.[18] It was blocked by Senator Bernie Sanders, who noted that freight rail workers receive a “grand total of zero sick days” while railroad companies made significant profits.[19] In the House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “We’d rather see negotiations prevail so there’s no need for any actions from Congress.”[16]

      In late November, after some unions had rejected the agreement, Biden asked Congress to pass the agreement into law. On November 30, the House of Representatives passed the existing tentative agreement along with an amended version that would require railroad employers to ensure 7 days paid sick leave.[20] On December 1, the Senate passed the tentative agreement with only 1 day of sick leave.[21] President Joe Biden signed the legislation into law on December 2.[4] The Biden administration’s intervention in the dispute was condemned by over 500 labor historians in an open letter to Joe Biden and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.[22]

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      • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I didn’t call him a champion of workers rights.

        I corrected the misinformation by exclusion suggested by the statement.

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    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And set unions back decades by breaking the strike too!

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    • kiljoy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A PTO day lmao. And you wonder why people are pissed he broke up the strike.

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      • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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.

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    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      25% over 5 years works out to 4.5% a year, and he “won” that during 8% inflation.

      In reality they’re getting a pay cut.

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  • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So fucking tired of every top comment in a serious thread being sarcastic

    SO fucking tired

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    • Entropywins@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You would hate working with me…that is the first serious thing I’ve said all day

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      • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        IDGAF about working with people like you, I’m just so fuckdamn tired of you and your ilk turning lemmy into modern reddit.

        Be better

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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah, the last time was Carter. The Clintons basically broke the alliance between the national level Dems and labor unions and they’ve been adversaries most of the time since.

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    According to video I watch it was under Cater they truck driving union was taken out and deregulated the industry. Fucking over truck drivers. So no not even Cater was pro worker.

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• Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  people cannot pay as much as corporations, this will continue till we get money out of politics.

  All candidates that qualify should get a flat grant from the government for their campaign, every candidate gets the same amount.

  NO private donations

  NO corporate donations

  NO Super PACs

  none of this bullshit.

  But it won’t ever happen because we are too busy fighting with each other to even agree to point at the owner class as the problem.

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    ut it won’t ever happen because we are too busy fighting with each other to even agree to point at the owner class as the problem.

    As is intended.

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