Railroad companies have penalized workers for taking the time to make needed repairs and created a culture in which supervisors threaten and fire the very people hired to keep trains running safely. Regulators say they can’t stop this intimidation.
Isn’t that one small segment of one small section of workers, not all rail workers? Weren’t their demands only a tiny fraction of what the overall strikers wanted?
Isn’t “but the economy” just another tired excuse to not implement any lasting change because it might affect votes, not the wellbeing of the American people?
Change is hard, and especially when you put it off for so long, it can hurt. But in the long run you come out better for it. Putting it off means it’s just going to hurt worse later, if we even get a chance to do it. Workers are still over-worked and understaffed. Biden swooping in to “save the day” by telling them “Yeah, sure, we’ll help you when it’s convenient for us” didn’t change that. No matter what an electricians union rep might have to say about it.
Isn’t that one small segment of one small section of workers, not all rail workers? Weren’t their demands only a tiny fraction of what the overall strikers wanted?
Isn’t “but the economy” just another tired excuse to not implement any lasting change because it might affect votes, not the wellbeing of the American people?
Change is hard, and especially when you put it off for so long, it can hurt. But in the long run you come out better for it. Putting it off means it’s just going to hurt worse later, if we even get a chance to do it. Workers are still over-worked and understaffed. Biden swooping in to “save the day” by telling them “Yeah, sure, we’ll help you when it’s convenient for us” didn’t change that. No matter what an electricians union rep might have to say about it.