This railroad worker clearly & powerfully explains why workers need to have each other’s backs, ahead of a potential strike:
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) November 30, 2022
“We’re all part of the working people that make society run…. Without us, nothing could happen. When one of us in under attack, we’re all under attack.” pic.twitter.com/U8sz3QAyu2
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A rail traffic stoppage could freeze almost 30% of US cargo shipments by weight, stoke inflation & cost the US economy as much as $2B/day by unleashing a cascade of transport woes affecting energy, agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, & retail sectors https://t.co/EhtcJvqDNz
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) November 28, 2022
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boasting about a black-tie dinner with a French aristocrat while crushing the rail workers who brought the food is like something out of Les Mis https://t.co/XskS5gUnVh
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) December 2, 2022
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~33 million of our nation’s workers have no paid sick days.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 1, 2022
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
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This whole railroad workers episode further clarifies that the “essential worker” discourse we’ve been bombarded with for almost 3 yrs is about disciplining workers to labor in perilous conditions, and not about respecting and protecting the people who do vital work.
— Sarah Lazare (@sarahlazare) December 1, 2022
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Rail workers: A single day of sick leave please
— Steve Morris (@stevemorris__) November 29, 2022
CNN’s coverage today: pic.twitter.com/LHcZ60hQZj
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Full sellout from the White House for the majority of rail workers who rejected the deal the President brokered, preemptively denying them the right to strike.
— Jonah Furman (@JonahFurman) November 28, 2022
This was the “which side are you on?” moment, and the White House chose the railroad bosses.https://t.co/yasjb9tFdf
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No Joe, you’re supposed to help the railroad workers… you got it backwards. A handful of sick days c’mon! Workers of the world unite! https://t.co/6X1BNIvK9Z
— Danny DeVito (@DannyDeVito) November 29, 2022
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BREAKING: The Senate voted to 80-15 to force a contract on rail workers.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 1, 2022
Here are the Senators who voted no:
Cotton
Cruz
Hawley
Rubio
Rick Scott
Toomey
Collins
Tim Scott
Hagerty
Gillibrand
Merkley
Sanders
Hickenlooper
Warren
Sullivan
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Democratic Caucus Senators voting to not break the railroad strike:
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) December 2, 2022
Warren (MA)
Sanders (VT)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Gillibrand (NY)
Merkley (OR)
Everyone else voted against the workers.
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If railroad work is so important that the United States Congress can vote to prevent a strike, then railroad WORKERS should be important enough to have 7 days of paid sick leave.
— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) November 30, 2022