Comment on UPS drivers won “historic heat protections.” They say the company hasn't lived up to that promise.
verdantbanana@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoafter 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]
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I didn’t call him a champion of workers rights.
I corrected the misinformation by exclusion suggested by the statement.
Sunforged@lemmy.ml 3 weeks 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.
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
And does any of that impact the ability to tell the whole truth, rather than partial?
When you exclude important details, you’re doing your argument a disservice through misinformation. This has nothing to do with my opinion on Biden, which is not a positive one, but my opinion on intentionally leaving out important details. Which, to me, is no better than just flat out lying.
verdantbanana@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
to clarify yes did cherry pick paragraphs
my goal was to not have a screen’s worth of text unless people desired it hence the links
did not personally feel it interfered with the facts as of today’s date since Biden’s career has on the whole been center right in his politics especially with worker’s rights
but will in the future take more heed of the dates involved