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Rebl2

(13,309 posts)
5. I am sure
Thu Dec 1, 2022, 06:06 PM
Dec 2022

Senators and congressmen and women get paid sick days. Don’t know how many. Maybe it’s time to get rid of their paid sick leave.

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
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