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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Thu Aug 31, 2023, 08:28 AM Aug 2023

Possible rail strikes in 2024 could disrupt Northeastern commutes and public transit's Covid recover

Politico

Unions representing workers on systems vital to New York City, Philadelphia and New Jersey are considering walkouts, strikes and other job actions that would disrupt the commutes for thousands and thousands of people in the most densely populated region of the country.

The prospect of job actions at the region’s essential commuter networks could cause a headache for the two states’ Democratic governors — New York’s Kathy Hochul and New Jersey’s Phil Murphy — and become an unwanted distraction for President Joe Biden during his reelection campaign.

The talk comes amid a spring and summer of strikes in other industries — from actors and writers in Hollywood to nurses, doctors and professors in New York and New Jersey, with threats of more to come from New York City school bus drivers.

Many of the commuter rail unions argue they worked through the pandemic — literally keeping the trains running — and their heroism is not being rewarded with higher wages.

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Possible rail strikes in 2024 could disrupt Northeastern commutes and public transit's Covid recover (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2023 OP

What a messed up headline Effete Snob Aug 2023 #1

+1 leftstreet Aug 2023 #2

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

1. What a messed up headline

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Aug 31, 2023, 09:08 AM

Aug 2023

They managed to completely mis-spell:

"Possible rail strikes in 2024 could improve wages, benefits and working conditions for hardworking employees"

I can't believe they managed to completely fuck up the headline like that.

leftstreet

(41,253 posts)

2. +1

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 31, 2023, 10:15 AM

Aug 2023

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