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Yet the GOP filibustered the version which would have given the 7 days of sick time that rail workers requested: https://theintercept.com/2022/11/30/rail-worke
by verall 4y ago
Yet the GOP filibustered the version which would have given the 7 days of sick time that rail workers requested:
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/30/rail-workers-strike-house-bill/ https://theintercept.com/2022/11/30/rail-workers-strike-hous...
The bill that did pass with bipartisan support was a compromise due to this bill failing. It is extremely disingenuous to suggest that the democrats, who voted overwhelmingly for a bill that satisfied more rail worker demands, hold most of the fault for the strike break.
The GOP correctly realized that by voting against rail workers, they could force democrats to also vote against rail workers in order to avoid a general rail strike which would be disastrous to the economy and laid at the feed of the Biden administration. This is the realpolitik world we live in, and peoples health will suffer due to it.
Oh and democrats do share some of the blame, just not the majority. Joe Manchin did vote against the bill supporting rail workers.
- graycat 4y ago[flagged]