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Cosmo :trekbadgetng: boosted
Cosmo :trekbadgetng: boosted

@TechNews it was only tentatively agreed upon, contingent on union votes.

Several unions voted "no" so the possibility of a strike is not over.

Cosmo :trekbadgetng: boosted

The railroad workers may strike soon, which will decimate the US supply chain. Before you complain that you can’t find your favorite crackers or shampoo at the store, please acknowledge the reasons why rail workers are striking:

· The rank-and-file workers that run the trains have been on call, 24-7 for years due to the new normal of skeleton crews. Trains are running with crews of one or, in some cases, none as remote control (yes, you read that right) is now allowed. They can’t plan to attend their daughter’s birthday party or their brother’s wedding.

· Currently, under their present contract, they have zero paid sick leave. They must give 30 days notice for a doctor’s appointment or family emergency. The Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) contract terms proposed by the Biden admin gives them 1 paid sick day.

· Railroad companies’ profit is soaring. Rather than sharing that windfall with the rank and file, profit is paid out in stock dividends or used for stock buybacks (a practice that artificially boosts stock performance).
Railroad company profits (for 3-month periods, not yearly!):
- Union Pacific $1.84 billion in - 2nd quarter 2022
- BNSF $1.66 billion (up 10%) in 2nd quarter 2022
- CSX $1.11 billion (up 15%) in 3rd quarter 2022 on 2% more freight

One more thing – If the railroad workers do go on strike, Congress is likely to vote to force them back to work. Historically, these types of resolutions have seen high levels of bipartisan support because Congress is not pro-worker, they are classists that protect the interests of Wall Street and the stock ownership class above all else.

#Solidarity #union #unionstrong
youtube.com/watch?v=Rv_vG9i8Am

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@priyachandwriter what's worse is that the management and support, all sitting in cleaned daily and climate-controlled offices, get sick days and personal days. They're not even subject to exposure to the harsh climate and the engine cabs are not sterilized and cleaned on a daily basis like their offices are. The toilets on engines are dirty and dispense into blue chemical more similar to what you'd see at a porta-potty.

The workers who are the bread and butter for a company are the ones who the company can least afford to let have time off, and are usually the workers subject to the worst attendance policies set by the management.

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It’s good to see engagement and use growing here. It would be healthy to have a social platform free of the billionaire oligopoly and the corporate ad folks, don’t you think?

@tree Hopefully the undesirables stay in their echo chambers of Parler and TS.

@notsurprised Hi! Welcome to the Fediverse. We don't have an algorithm that helps filter political posts like the bird site, so it helps to clarify which politics you're talking about. If you're from the USA, use for better attention towards your intended audience.

@garyackerman not to mention oddities in doubling the recipe up, 2 cups make a pint, 2 pints make a quart, but it takes *4* quarts to make the gallon... 🙄

And unlike metric it's not universal... 3 teaspoons to make a tablespoon...

@catsalad qoto.org allows for 65535 character limit posts. 😎

@sisu33 Not that I'm aware of... One of the listers is here. However, I'm finding it useful to create Lists that populate by hashtags to find like-minded friends to follow.

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RT @malkie33@twitter.com

#GeorgiaRunoff 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Newest GA voting laws are designed to favor GOP.

Dems: Please get out and VOTE early. The time period is ONE HALF of what is was for Ossoff and Warnock
last time.

We simply cannot have the underqualified/unfit
Herschel in the Senate.

🐦🔗: twitter.com/malkie33/status/15

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⌛️Judge sets Trump’s New York fraud trial date for Oct. 2023📌

breaking.iavian.net/article/32

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MAGA says they're going to indict Biden but that Trump can't be indicted because he's a former president and they're gonna indict Hunter because he made $5 million when his father was VP but it's okay Ivanka made $640 million when her dad was president.

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Guess who’s playing Elon on Jimmy Kimmel tonight? He’s gonna be mad again.

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For environmental reasons, I will not be leaving coal in anyone's stocking this year.

Those on the naughty list will instead get a 1 month subscription to #Twitter Blue.

@babyfangs @gossithedog no on the pay site part of it, that was a rumor when they started, but the donation portion was optional (technically opt-out because the checkbox was pre-marked in, as is with most things that 🍊 touched)

@freemo is that why Mastodon took you off the master list?

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The first black child ever allowed to attend a white school is only 68 years old now.
White parents pulled their children from school. White teachers refused to teach her.
Ruby Bridges now works as an activist & public speaker
This wasn’t a million years ago. /1

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