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

• curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • Madison420@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s not lying at all, omission is only a lie if it’s misleading or nefarious, this is neither.

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      • MiltownClowns@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How so? He broke a strike. I said he broke a strike. It can’t much more factual then that.

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  • verdantbanana@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • Sunforged@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Biden only picked up that ball after the East Palestine disaster vindicated all the reasons the union wanted to strike in the first place. It was a PR move because he had blood on his hands.

        For comparison a single socialist city council member in Seattle pushed and won the for 12 days of sick leave for the entire city back in 2012. 4 days is bread crumbs. They would have gotten a much better deal had they just been left alone to strike and negotiate.

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  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And set unions back decades by breaking the strike too!

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  • kiljoy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do you know why they were striking? Low staffing levels leading to long hours, overworked staff, and building safety concerns as a result.

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      • kiljoy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        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.

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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

  SO fucking tired

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  • Entropywins@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • Entropywins@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think you’ll find me and my ilk are everywhere…there is no escape…you can keep moving to the next thing and we will be there…looking forward to it!

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