Thu Dec 1, 2022, 04:41 PM

Senate rejects proposal to give rail workers seven days of paid sick leave

Source: The Hill

The Senate voted on Thursday to reject a proposal to give railway workers seven days of sick leave, a benefit that was left out of a labor deal brokered by the presidential emergency board between freight rail companies and unionized workers.

The proposal to give workers seven days of sick leave, which was championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other liberal Democrats, failed to pick up enough Republican support to overcome a 60-vote threshold set for adopting the measure.

It passed the House Wednesday with a narrow bipartisan majority, 221 to 207 with only three Republicans voting for it.

The votes in the Senate and House now give Democrats the ability to blame Republicans for imposing a labor deal on rail workers that includes little flexibility for taking time off work due to illness or doctors’ visits.

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Senate rejects proposal to give rail workers seven days of paid sick leave (Original post)	brooklynite	Dec 2022	OP
Get rid of privately funded ELECTIONS & Lobbyist Gifts !! They are killing us ! n/t	TeamProg	Dec 2022	#1
Get rid of Republicans.	tirebiter	Dec 2022	#2
Yeah i agree with your and get rid .... via French Revolution !!!	Trueblue1968	Dec 2022	#3
Like so?	KS Toronado	Dec 2022	#8
It's the only way to be sure with republicons	FoxNewsSucks	Dec 2022	#11
YES Toronado.... you are 100000000000000000000% correct.	Trueblue1968	Dec 2022	#15
The French had a damn good solution to greed	Stargazer99	Dec 2022	#37
I am sure	Rebl2	Dec 2022	#5
You the average worker aren't as valuable as those in control	Stargazer99	Dec 2022	#38
My first thought too - get rid of paid sick leave for the Senate	SouthernDem4ever	Dec 2022	#42
So true	Rebl2	Dec 2022	#46
So the repukes want a strike	grumpyduck	Dec 2022	#4
+1	peppertree	Dec 2022	#9
EXACTLY GD	DENVERPOPS	Dec 2022	#14
I keep reminding anyone who voted repuglican about this	SouthernDem4ever	Dec 2022	#43
I have found	DENVERPOPS	Dec 2022	#53
Its the original deal brokered by President Biden a couple months ago	MichMan	Dec 2022	#6
Shocker	Laura PourMeADrink	Dec 2022	#7
Solidarity with the rail workers!	EarthFirst	Dec 2022	#10
+1...	myohmy2	Dec 2022	#19
Former IASTE member here. I will always stand with the workers! Nt	Javaman	Dec 2022	#30
You mean IATSE?	tirebiter	Dec 2022	#51
Lol yes typed too fast	Javaman	Dec 2022	#52
I know a whole bunch of railroaders.	MontanaMama	Dec 2022	#12
Are they? Well, good then. Serves them right for voting for that shithole party	LymphocyteLover	Dec 2022	#17
Same thing in the Trades World	DENVERPOPS	Dec 2022	#21
The whole industry has thrown in with the extraction industry. They don't seem to understand that	LT Barclay	Dec 2022	#26
JHC. Seven lousy days is enough to scuttle a decent contract and risk a strike? Wake up RR boss. nt	Evolve Dammit	Dec 2022	#13
The President needs to step up on this	The Mouth	Dec 2022	#16
I don't get why they are pressuring the RR bosses?	LymphocyteLover	Dec 2022	#18
It was President Biden's proposal that was passed	MichMan	Dec 2022	#31
The workers need to strike if they don't get paid sick time	The Mouth	Dec 2022	#48
Ted Cruz wrote some non-sensical twitter thread about why this is Biden's fault and why he voted	LymphocyteLover	Dec 2022	#20
I am a state government employee. I have 90 days of sick time banked	Tarc	Dec 2022	#22
Popeye gets it...	LT Barclay	Dec 2022	#23
It is a dark day	quakerboy	Dec 2022	#24
It won't cost us in 2024.	Elessar Zappa	Dec 2022	#25
Americans memory is not the issue at hand	quakerboy	Dec 2022	#36
NO. It was the republicans in the Senate that refused the sick leave to the bill, not the	JohnSJ	Dec 2022	#33
Results matter	quakerboy	Dec 2022	#35
I knew it. Shit!!!	BigmanPigman	Dec 2022	#27
If Biden signs it, it's on him.	forthemiddle	Dec 2022	#29
The media is owned by large corps and wealthy individuals and	Stargazer99	Dec 2022	#39
Manchin... shakes head	LudwigPastorius	Dec 2022	#28
Notice Manchin has sick leave	Stargazer99	Dec 2022	#40
Jackass	smb	Dec 2022	#44
Yep	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Dec 2022	#50
The headline should read it was the republicans in the Senate why sick leave was rejected, because	JohnSJ	Dec 2022	#32
Exactly. It was Republicans, not "the Senate..."	SunSeeker	Dec 2022	#34
RR workers get days off	Deminpenn	Dec 2022	#41
No paid sick leave, no deal.	Magoo48	Dec 2022	#45
AMEN	The Mouth	Dec 2022	#49
i wonder how many rail workers vote republican	samsingh	Dec 2022	#47

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Dec 1, 2022, 04:50 PM

TeamProg (3,455 posts)

Senate rejects proposal to give rail workers seven days of paid sick leave

1. Get rid of privately funded ELECTIONS & Lobbyist Gifts !! They are killing us ! n/t

2. Get rid of Republicans.

3. Yeah i agree with your and get rid .... via French Revolution !!!

8. Like so?

11. It's the only way to be sure with republicons

15. YES Toronado.... you are 100000000000000000000% correct.

37. The French had a damn good solution to greed

5. I am sure

38. You the average worker aren't as valuable as those in control

42. My first thought too - get rid of paid sick leave for the Senate

46. So true

4. So the repukes want a strike

9. +1

14. EXACTLY GD

43. I keep reminding anyone who voted repuglican about this

53. I have found

6. Its the original deal brokered by President Biden a couple months ago

7. Shocker

10. Solidarity with the rail workers!

19. +1...

30. Former IASTE member here. I will always stand with the workers! Nt

51. You mean IATSE?

52. Lol yes typed too fast

12. I know a whole bunch of railroaders.

17. Are they? Well, good then. Serves them right for voting for that shithole party

21. Same thing in the Trades World

26. The whole industry has thrown in with the extraction industry. They don't seem to understand that

13. JHC. Seven lousy days is enough to scuttle a decent contract and risk a strike? Wake up RR boss. nt

16. The President needs to step up on this

18. I don't get why they are pressuring the RR bosses?

31. It was President Biden's proposal that was passed

48. The workers need to strike if they don't get paid sick time

20. Ted Cruz wrote some non-sensical twitter thread about why this is Biden's fault and why he voted

22. I am a state government employee. I have 90 days of sick time banked

23. Popeye gets it...

24. It is a dark day

25. It won't cost us in 2024.

36. Americans memory is not the issue at hand

33. NO. It was the republicans in the Senate that refused the sick leave to the bill, not the

35. Results matter

27. I knew it. Shit!!!

29. If Biden signs it, it's on him.

39. The media is owned by large corps and wealthy individuals and

28. Manchin... *shakes head*

40. Notice Manchin has sick leave

44. Jackass

50. Yep

32. The headline should read it was the republicans in the Senate why sick leave was rejected, because

34. Exactly. It was Republicans, not "the Senate..."

41. RR workers get days off

45. No paid sick leave, no deal.

49. AMEN

47. i wonder how many rail workers vote republican

28. Manchin... shakes head